The member of parliament for Ayivu county in Arua district Bernard Atiku has asked government to make the construction of sports infrastructure in the country a priority to give youth employment through sports.nAtiku made this plea while receiving 7 million shillings from Westnile foundation head by a senior Kampala city lawyer Karebu Alaka meant for the newly promoted Onduparaka football Uganda premier league for players welfare so as the club is run professionally.
Atiku said that government promised to construct Inzikuru stadium in Arua when Docus Inzikuru won the world steeplechase champion in 2005 but to date nothing is going for this sports facility to be available for developing youth talent so as are expose youth to world sports market. He said that should sport clubs like Onduparaka be constructed they will enable youth develop their talent through sports and earn a living to avoid drug abuse which destroys their entire life.
Westnilers across the country fundraised for Onduparaka football club and raised 17 million shillings; a west Nile business man Moshen Ashiraf Musema pledged to give the club a bus on condition that it’s not relegated from the league in their first season.
Mp Atiku who is also the patron of Onduparaka football club pledged to give 500,000 shillings to this club every month – the money he has been giving to FDC party per month as its member of parliament since this time he came as an independent member of parliament.
Onduparaka football club was founded in 2003 and promoted to Uganda top league from big league and its one of the four teams which with Entebbe FC, Vipers SC and KCCA FC make up the semi- final in the 2016 Uganda Cup.
