Prince Samuel Lukanga who has spent over 30 years injecting cash into Uganda and Africa sports activities business had a cause to smile after being honoured with a lifetime achievement accolade award.
Whereas receiving the accolade on the occasion held iat Lazio Restaurant Kololo Lukanga applauded the selection made by the organiser”To see me as a deserved winner of this award is vital, actually it’s a nice imaginative and prescient to recognise my effort in the direction of sports activities which began a few years again”Lukanga sporting life started about 60 years in the past as a toddler enjoying boxing, soccer, Taekwondo the place he reached a black belt but additionally performed different sports activities at amatuer degree.
In administration the Balangira Kika (clan) sports activities Supervisor has a dwelling historical past primarily based on Boxing including on an over ten years interval in soccer.With so many profitable Boxing fighters guided underneath his profitable administration, Lukanga sounded a cause why he has spent a lot of his time in boxing than in some other sport like soccer.”Boxers are higher individuals than gamers in different sports activities, Boxers are loyal and reliable, they simply cannot lie however in my ten years in soccer it’s the place I noticed gamers asserting faux deaths and different indisciplines finding on lies, am dwelling with a number of examples”Lukanga who was impressed into Boxing by Muhammad Ali again in 1969 determined to proceed serving the game after a enjoying profession.”I began getting boxing curiosity in 1969 whereas dwelling with my aunt in Kyengera after watching a boxing struggle on Tv between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman”Talking concerning the alternative, Actual Stars sports activities company chief govt officer Isac Mukasa stated”Nobody can come close to Lukanga in funding boxing, making nice careers, beginning up and funding many golf equipment, taking good care of boxers, and he was once more nice in soccer with KCCA FC for 12 years, he deserves much more”The company together with its companions furthur awarded three athletes from three sports activities disciplines.
Paul Muchurezi received the soccer accolade, Muzamir Kakande took the Boxing accolade and Israel Makokha received the Rugby accolade.Resty Mbatidde Namugema, the Assistant media supervisor Fortebet Uganda and Henry Zimbe who represented Jude Color Options had been all in full attendance.
