Firstly, GRATIS !!!!!
That said,
Everything is about eating these days. And, for a Nigerian, Ugandan, Congolese or Ghanian, it does not matter if the diet is hanged above the fire of Hell, you tell him to jump grab it, he wonn't stoop to check the danger. He will jump higher than high. Kamma mbaya, mbaya!!
If he is dead and you shake-shake coins above the coffin, he jumps up!!
What didn't Australia know? This is standard ritual.
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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:57:40 -0500
Subject: [Ugnet] 9 CAMEROONIAN 3 NIGERIAN ATHLETES DEFECT TO AUSTRALIA
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ALL EXPECTED BACK: The Uganda contingent march at the games. They return today |
By Louis Jadwong
in Melbourne, Australia
A Tanzanian and three Nigerian athletes reportedly joined the long list of athletes disappearing here after the Commonwealth Games closed Sunday.
The four Africa sportsmen yet to be named did not appear at the airport when their entourage checked in to fly home yesterday.
Earlier, six runaway athletes from Sierra Leones team were yesterday granted temporary visas to remain in Australia, while Cameroon revealed that nine members of its team were unaccounted for.
In all, 14 Sierra Leone athletes went missing from the games village last week. Police in the northern Sydney suburb of Harbord found six members of the team at a local home early yesterday and passed them on to immigration officials. The three men and three women from the Sierra Leone team are believed to have been there for the past three nights, police said. Authorities revoked the 14 missing athletes visas as of midnight but
following interviews with immigration officials, the six who were found were granted visas, allowing them to remain in the country until April 13. We are able to confirm that six members of the Sierra Leone team... have been granted bridging visas to allow them time to make visa applications, an Immigration Department official said.
Meanwhile, the Cameroon team reported nine of its athletes missing just two hours before the Games closing ceremony Sunday night.
Their identities were not immediately released. In addition to the athletes from the two west African nations, Tanzanian boxer Omari Idd Kimweri and Bangladeshi 400m runner Tawhidul Mohammad Islam were also reported missing.
The Sierra Leone government strongly condemned its runaway athletes, saying they had brought disgrace on their nation.
It was not the first time athletes from Sierra Leone have defected following an international sporting event. 21 members out of a team of 30
failed to return to Sierra Leone after the 2002 Manchester games.
At the same time, Ugandas bronze medalist Martin Mubiru will lead the second batch of athletes expected home today evening from the event. The first batch that had rugby players came back a week ago.
Mubiru, a bronze medal winner at the game, is leading back home cyclists, weightlifters, swimmers, table tennis, shooting, boxing and badminton players.
Some swimmers and shooters were supposed to arrive yesterday but their plane was delayed after it made a surprise landing in Perth. Official communication said that the flight was diverted to Perth due to passenger requirements.
The group that was on the flight will join the contingent that arrives today in the evening. Maj. Gen (Francis Nyangweso) called me that they had taken an impromptu landing at Perth. He said that they had left late but they will be accommodated in Dubai as they wait for the next flight, explained UAF
treasurer Salim Musoke, who came back earlier.
Uganda got two gold medals to finish 15th overall out of the 71 competing nations. The medals were courtesy of Dorcus Inzikuru (3000m steeplechase) and Boniface Kiprop (10000m).
The government will throw a party at Lugogo tomorrow afternoon, ahead of Inzikurus departure for Italy in the evening. Inzikuru arrives tomorrow afternoon with the remaining batch of athletes and officials.
Additional reporting by Norman Katende and agencies
The Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
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