NCS Boss, Tashobya Officially Opens Three-days Anti-Doping Educators Training Workshop
Uganda Olympic Committee in conjunction with Rado have organized a three days workshop aiming at training the Anti-Doping Educators from Africa Zone 5.
The three days workshop commenced on Wednesday, 7 and it’s to climax on Friday 9th September 2022 at Sheraton Hotel – Kampala and it was officially opened by the National Council of Sports Chairperson, Ambrose Tashobya who highlighted the importance of Anti-doping to athletes and Uganda as a nation.
“As a government of Uganda, we are very committed to issues related to Anti-Doping and we have been funding the activities of Anti-doping for over 10 years.” Says Tashobya before adding “we are one of the countries that have signed a code and commitment to clear sports.
“As a country we believe in fairness, that’s why we are behind this movement.
“And today having this training here, having people coming from the entire zone 5, is very important, these are people who are going to train others in the region about the codes of anti-doping.” Added the NCS Chair.
The in charge of Anti-Doping at UOC and coordinator of the workshop, Aya Nakitanda revealed that the participants from twelve countries are already experienced educators but came for advanced training.
“…. these are already experienced educators , they take this advanced training, so that they can go back to their countries and be able to train new educators . In Uganda as an example, we are already having plans to implement this phase two where the eductors who have completed this training program will in the next phase train the educators in wash and every national federation so that Anti-doping education moves closer to Athletes ” said Aya Nakitanda.
The participants from Africa Zone five Nations are; Rwanda, Eritrea, South Sudan,Sierra Leone, Gambia,Somalia, Tanzania,Sudan,Ethiopia,Kenya, Egypt and Uganda the host.
The facilitators came from Englanda
Anthony Shepherd(UKAD), Amanda Brooks(UKAD), Wendy Shepherd (UKAD), Emillie Moffat(UKAD), and Christine Mugera from Rado.