President Museveni gifts cars to Ugandan Olympic medalists

President Yoweri Kaguta on Wednesday afternoon awarded Uganda’s athletes  with  luxurious vehicles, after their memorable performances at the just-concluded Tokyo Olympic 2020.

Museveni also promised to build a house for each Gold medalist, as well as reward all of Uganda’s medalist with cash.

The reward comes a day after the athletes received a hero’s welcome at Entebbe International Airport, Kampala.

Joshua Cheptegei won gold on the men’s 5,000m final and silver in the men’s 10,000m.

Peruth Chemutai won gold in the women’s 10,000m final while Jacob Kiplimo won bronze in the men’s 10,000m final.

Uganda was represented by a 25-strong team in Tokyo, but after coming out with nothing in rowing, swimming, and boxing, all remaining medal hopes fell on track and field

Speaking at a function in Kampala, Museveni announced a monthly stipend for every gold medal winner at Sh5m, sh3m for silver and 1m for a bronze medalist.

Museveni said “ I want to gift each athlete who gave us a medal at the Olympics with a car and cash.

The new vehicles were awarded as follows; Two Mitsubishi  Outlanders for the gold medalists and a Mitsubishi L200 for silver medalist.

Museveni also promised to build a house for gold medalist parents as he appreciated all participants.

He said “ I want to pledge to construct houses for the parents of Olympic gold medalists as I salute all athletes who participated in heats and also reached finals and those people who helped them train,”

In recent years, Museveni has given excelling sportsmen and women in Uganda gifts that range from cars, houses and cash.

He had offered luxurious cars to Stephen Kiprotich, Joshua Cheptegei and Stella Chesang for their impressive performance.

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