Babirye is Now Unfiltered, asks Ogwang Who Pays Him to be a liar

Immediately after being released on court bail on charges of Fraudulent false accountability, Uganda Netball Federation president Hon. Babirye Kityo Sarah started with questioning Sports Minister Hon. Peter Ogwang why doesn’t he stop lying the country.

Babirye was denied Bail yesterday and slept in Luzira but today, the Anti corruption Court Magistrate His Worship Opit Christopher granted her bail.

After leaving Court cells, Babirye was too furious accusing National council of Sports General secretary Dr. Bernald Patrick Ogwel and Sports Minister Hon Peter Ogwang for continuously crippling the game of netball in Uganda for their personal reasons.

On the floor Parliament on Thursday, State Minister revealed that it was not necessarily for Uganda to feature in the ongoing Africa Netball championship in Botswana because they are not ranking game since Malawi and South Africa pulled out of the championship and yet She Cranes is the best ranked team at the continent. 

Though Uganda is ranked third on continent according to the latest World Netball rankings.

“The National Council of Sports had released funds for the said championship, and those funds are available with the normalization committee to facilitate the team in the forthcoming international-ranking tournaments.” Says Minister.

“Malawi and South Africa withdrew, and therefore Uganda’s participation would have no effect in terms of ranking since Uganda is ranked number one in Africa,” he reasoned.

Those statements didn’t go well with Babirye who is claiming that the games were important for the girls since they are going to feature in international tests series with the most ranked nations in the world, so they needed the championship to act as a precursor for the girls.

“So we have no league, there are no any friendlies ahead of these test Series which are ranking games, so this was a chance for Uganda to go and prepare for the upcoming bigger tasks for test Series in Wales and England, to my surprise, Honorable minister informed Parliament that these games [Africa Netball championship] were not important, so they are going to call girls from their homes to go and represent the country?” Babirye asked 

“I think the Hon. Peter Ogwang and NCS hate Netball with passion, it’s ok to hate me but not these girls.” Babirye added.

About the test Series in England, Minister told Parliament, Babirye challenged Ogwang whether he really know even how the contract between Netball Uganda and Netball England looks like.

“I was shocked when I saw my brother Hon. Peter Ogwang claiming that it was not necessarily for the she Cranes to travel to Botswana for Africa Cup since they have prepared games in January between Wales and England, Ugandans I don’t know whether Hon. Peter Ogwang is paid for telling lies, I don’t know who pays him for lying everytime?”

“Hon. Peter Ogwang never bargained any trip, I have contract between Netball Uganda and Netball England, I also have contract between Netball Uganda and Netball Wales bargained by me and signed by me….I challenge you media, go and ask Mr. Ogwang whether he knows what’s in those contracts or whether it’s him who signed them.”

About the case in court, Babirye asserted that always the truth can set you free and she is seeing Ogwel and his team changing the goal posts.

“Be truthful and at least it will set you free, at first Dr. Ogwel been telling people that he gave me 425m, have always told people that he gave me 186m, we spent it and accounted for it, and the proof to that is that when we submitted our accountability on the 25th of November,2021, he responded on 9th December 2021, that’s the letter he was challenging my accountability of 186m, he was saying we were given 425m which was not the case, this matter was investigated by the IGG and the reports are out, now to my surprise is that I slept in Luzira over 186m, so he has now changed his version from 425M to 186M but even if it’s 186M, I traveled with 27 people, two other officials, that is Hon. Hamson Obua and Dr. Bernald Patrick Ogwel, they stayed there in suites, they left without paying, so I paid for 29 people.” Furious Babirye 

The court hearing will start on 6th December 2023 at the Anti Corruption Court in Kampala.