KIPROTICH: The rising star

Like any other Ugandan I am proud of Kiprotich for bringing us the Gold but for me that’s where the Gold story ends. There are several issues in Kiprotich’s story. 1) He comes from a very humble background one without privileges a

nd the lesson is, whatever background, there is a combination of a winning formula. 2) In this competitive world, still the people with the power, the money, the knowledge, the resources, do have a winning formula. The world’s most powerful nation the USA has the largest number of medals. This tells you about their preparedness. 3) Preparation for anything that you do. In the USA, today those that want to pick up the Gold in the next Olympics have started preparing themselves. I will not be surprised if Uganda’s medal seekers prepare 3 months to the events time. Why is it so? I think it’s our attention to detail as a nation, our desire to win and this reflects through all our other activities including ownership and management of risks. Those that prepare win. 4)What do we want as Ugandans? Is it true that there were more of officials than the sports people themselves? Is it true that the sports people earned less allowance than the officials? it’s a shame if they did but not surprising. Some time back I did earn more than the vice chancellor of Makerere and he went out to complain. He had no reason to complain because I created the money. For Uganda to look for the respect and the sporting power we must start now, identify the talent, prepare well and we will seek Gold.
I must congratulate Team Uganda especially my friend Dorcus, Its unfortunate that during the competition the winner takes it all. But for the competition to take place there must be other people who constitute it. It’s like an election in politics. We congratulate Team Uganda for representing us and having the courage to reach that level. I am very proud of you all.