Andrew Jackson Oryada
16 November 2009
Emulating soccer legends Diego Maradona and Fabio Cannavaro, President Museveni held aloft the prestigious Fifa World Cup trophy, hours after its arrival in Uganda on Saturday night.
Welcoming the solid 18-carat gold trophy, the President explained that the real significance of the 6kg-Cup is what it symbolises.
"The most important thing is not the trophy but what it epitomizes; the spirit of competition which is not confrontational," Museveni said.
Throughout its African tour, only Presidents are allowed to touch it. The trophy leaves Uganda for Djibouti today, its 37th African country, before reaching its final destination, South Africa on December 3 for the final Fifa World Cup draw.
Museveni congratulated South Africa for being the first African country to earn the right to host the World Cup.
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