First Lady Janet K Museveni with She Cranes Players at State House Nakasero |
By Patricia Turyahebwa.
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A cheerful She Cranes team arrived at Entebbe international airport on Monday 22nd July, 2019 before being hosted at statehouse Nakasero for dinner.
As it was for Uganda cranes president Museveni hosted the Uganda national team at state house for 3.7m handshake after reaching in the quarter finals for AFCON in Egypt it was not different to the she cranes netball national team even when they fell into edges to make it to the world cup semifinals in Liverpool, after reaching in the country, they immediately went to the state house too to meet the First Lady for a firm handshake
It is alleged that while in Liverpool the team opted for a sit-down strike as their counterparts Uganda cranes did until their names and details were considered by the tournament organizers and the National council of sports and the ministry Education and sports had promised 10m to each player and were given 5m as deposit and were promised to be given 5million after reaching Liverpool and above all while in camp they were given a daily training allowance of 10k
She Craners after landing at Entebbe Airport from Liverpool, London. |
It is confirmed that each player got one million the first lady appreciated them for raising the Ugandan flag high. All the players are reportedly to be in land apart from Peace Proscovia a re known She Cranes Netball star who after the games got a flight to Austria to join the rest of the players in her club.
She cranes won 4 games out of 8 matches and eventually finished 7th out of sixteen teams making a tremendous success compared to the last World Cup competitions when it ended in the 8th position.
The club members are well determined to win overwhelmingly in the next games to come.