Faridah Nakazibwe gets Buganda Kingdom gig

On Tuesday, June 13, the media personality revealed that she had been appointed to a 13-member committee that will foresee the Buganda Royal Regatta, a boat race tournament organised by the kingdom.

The annual sports event, also known as Empaka Z’amaato Ez’amasaza, had been paused because of the Covid outbreak in March 2020.

On the 13-member committee, which is headed by Eng. Immanuel Ben Misagga, Faridah Nakazibwe is the vice chairperson.

The committee was announced by the Buganda Kingdom Sports Minister Owek. Henry Ssekabembe Kiberu.

Kiberu said about the committee: "I strongly have trust in this team and there’s absolutely no doubt that you will even take these highly competitive games to their peak. However, I implore you to focus your synergies on the 3 main aspects which include Product, People and Profits.

"We need to revive this product and make it more popular than ever before and on top of that, we need a huge fan base who will automatically give in profits to these games. And once we have profits, we can then say our sporting activities are sustainable.”

The committee will serve for three years.

The competition attracts participants who engage in boat races such as traditional group sprints, modern canoe sprints, rowing races, and long-distance swimming among others.

The tournament is set for August.

The games, according to the organisers, will see participants compete in the 100m, 200m and 400m races among others. Winners will take home various prizes which among others include cash. The finals are set to take place at Nabugabo Sand Beach in Masaka.