News – Uganda Paralympic Committee

21st July 2018

Organizational Capacity Program Workshop (#OCP)

Uganda Paralympic Committee organized an organizational capacity Program work shop funded by Agitos foundation a development arm of the International Paralympic Committee at centenary Park on […]

21st July 2018

David Emong Dominates Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) 2018 Awards

David Emong Uganda’s First Paralympic sliver Medalist and World Para-Athletics Championship Gold Medalist was on Friday 20th July 2018 named Uganda’s Male athlete of the Year and […]

21st July 2018

Namboole first Edition Trails

Uganda Paralympic Committee in collaboration with Uganda Athletics Federation organized a 2 days National Para Athletes trial at Namboole national stadium in the following disciplines of […]

20th June 2018

Launching Para-Shooting

Uganda Paralympic Committee is on a national wide campaign of educating, informing Athletes on a new sport that the committee has brought on board. This is […]

6th April 2017

#IDSDP2015: Wheelchair basketball emerges in Uganda

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 […]

6th April 2017

Throwback Thursday: Uganda’s Tofiri Kibuuka

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.

6th April 2017

Uganda’s first Paralympic medallist seeks further glory

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 […]

5th April 2017

Uganda Paralympic Committee boss hails BlazeSports

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 […]

5th April 2017

First Ugandan Paralympic Medal Winner Returns Home a Winner

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 […]