Since the late 1980s Uganda has been recovering from the impacts of civil war, including developing para-sports for those affected by the conflict and the wider community.
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It has been 40 years since Kibuuka became Africa’s first winter Para athlete and 20 since he was named Norway’s Paralympic flag bearer.
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David Emong does not feel satisfied after winning Uganda’s first Paralympic medal last month but rather prefers to focus on his preparations towards the next Games in Tokyo, Japan, in four-years-time, where he is hoping to top the podium. The 26-year-old sealed athletics silver in the men’s 1,500m T45/46 at Rio 2016 with a time
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The three year project will start in the districts of Gulu and Kampala Minister of State for Education and Sports Rosemary Seninde and the US ambassador Deborah Malac (center) pose for a photo with other participants at the Uganda Disabled Sports summit. PHOTO: David Namunyala Uganda Paralympic Committee (UPC) president Mpindi Bumali has applauded BlazeSports
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KAMPALA — Last week Uganda’s own David Emong won the silver medal in the 1500-meter race at Rio’s Summer Paralympics Games. Now that Emong has returned to Uganda, many are wondering how his win might impact sports and disability advocacy. Ugandan sports fans went wild when, with only 37 seconds left in a four minute
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UPC has been participating in different Paralympic Games at sub regional, regional and international level where it has acquired good number of medals
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There is commitment of media to cover Uganda Paralympic Committee activities. UPC officials use various media houses to talk about disability sports, inclusion and discrimination.
UPC successfully petitioned Parliament of Uganda to ensure budget increment to disability sports, amendment of policies to include PWDs, inclusion of disability sports activities in the ministry’s national sports calendar among others.
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In 2016 UPC celebrated its first Paralympic medal, a landmark that highlighted how much has been achieved by the whole Paralympic Movement in Uganda with very limited resources. This is the only medal that Uganda received in both Olympic and Paralympic games in Rio 2016 where David Emong got a silver medal in athletics (1500m
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