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The Annual General Meeting of The Uganda Rowing Federation was held on Saturday 13th May 2023 and was chaired by the President Mr.Kahwa Hamza along with the three quarters of the board as stated in their constitution. The AGM was both Physical and virtual as some members attended virtually. Among those that attended were Mr.Odongo Dean Ivan the Vice President, Mr. Nakibinge Brian The Treasurer, Mr.Semakula Aaron who is Member of Cranes Rowing Club, Ms.Joy Nandaula a member from Defenders Rowing Club,Hon. Okeyo Peter who is a patron and a Chairperson to Namayingo Young Rowers clubs and the representatives at Large.

The meeting started at 10:30 to 2PM at Uniq Hotel in Kyaliwajalla

In the due course of the meeting, several issues within the federation were discussed upon ranging from the activity calendar, finances, and the vetting of an audit company to audit the Federation books of accounts by the board..

Several discussions were made concerning the previous meetings of the previous AGM held on the 18th June 2022 at Lugogo

1. The vice president Spoke about the query of admitting new clubs into the federation this coming financial year which was also discussed in the previous AGM as there are prominent Clubs that are ready to be admitted with was adopted by all members present,

2. Issues regarding the accounted books of the Federation were brought to the table by the treasurer who explained how improper it was to bring audited accounts before the AGM vetting and audit companies vetted were;

i) BMR Associates and advocates

ii) MUKISA IGA Certified public accountants

iii) Cregg Associates.

who will be called upon to report their findings to the Extra Ordinary assembly on their books of accounts for the past Four years and advice accordingly.

The final Treasurers report of 2022 are as follows;

Surplus/Deficit 6,234,500

Total Liabilities and Equity 58,345,000

Note1: Total: 21,555,000

Note2 : 6,234,500.

During the AGM, alot of findings and advices were exchanged from the different qualified experts in the fields of Accounts, ie; Mr. Okeyoh Peter and Mr. Ssemakula Aaron who are all lovers of the sport and also adviced on transparency to be exercised as early as yesterday to avoid issues that are uncalled for.

Many Challenges were then discussed as a few include;

i) Members don’t attend the AGM

ii) the huddle of boats still at ICD bonded warehouse.

iii) Athletes failing to access trianing grounds where they are meant to train from as majority of them are being chased from some training facilities which is improper.

iv) Failure of members to Respect The Federation Executive.

Resolutions were made and are to be impletemented said the Vice president.

The president thanked the Board members who attended the meeting ( physically and Virtually) which was a success

and encouraged them to conduct more Rowing activities as they are preparing athletes for Activities in there Rowing calenders.

The meeting started at 10:30 to 2PM at the Sport in Kyaliwajjala.

The AGM recommended the following:

1,The Federation should get a certified firm to audit their books in order to attract funding from different partners.

A report of 2022 was presented by the treasurer Mr.Nakibinge Brian as follows:

Surplus/Deficit 6,234,500

Tatal Liabilities and Equity58345,000

Note1:Total:21,555,000

Note2:6,234,500

Mr,Kahwa Hamza, the President Of Uganda Rowing Federation expressed gratitude for the Successful meeting they held.

“We have managed to come up with a few resolutions” he said..

“One of them is, we are going to write to Madam Batenga who is refusing to account for federational funds.

She was facilitated but she has failed to appear and hand in the report.

Secondly, she is trying to discourage delegates from attending to Rowing activities.We are giving her a few days to explain herself on why she is behaving like this. We hope she will be able to respond in the rightful manner and everything would be fine.

Rowing is still a young Sport. You will realise that last year, we qualified for the Olympics and became top participants in Africa.

Another thing is, we realised some members are continuously not attending Executive meetings and now the AGM.They need to tell why this is happening.

We have set up a steering Committee to ensure that Rowing activities continue as we ask those members to give us reasons for absenteeism.

Were also trying to see how we can get back boats in our storafe facilities.The moment we get them,all will be well.

Description about Rowing:

UGANDA ROWING FEDERATION (URF)

Rowing involves the propelling of a boat using a fixed oar as a lever. The objective of rowing is for the boat that reaches the finish line first is declared the winner of the race. Reaching the finish line in the quickest possible time requires an astonishing amount of physical and mental strength, high levels of stamina and seamless synchronization when competing in team events.

In modern sports, rowers race against each other either as individuals or in crews of Two, Four or Eight.

The races are divided into sculling and sweep oar. Sculling events use two oars, whilst in sweep the rower holds one. The eight-person crews have a coxswain, who steers the boat and directs the crew, but in all other boats one rower steers by controlling a small rudder with a foot pedal.

Rules of the Sport:
Competitive To avoid being disqualified in rowing competitions, rowers must adhere to the following rules:
• Lane Changing: There are six separate lanes in an Olympic rowing event, with one lane assigned to each boat. Athletes and teams are actually allowed to move across from one lane to another if they desire – provided they do not impede or obstruct another boat whilst doing so.
• False Starts: Boats must not leave the starting line until the firing gun goes off. Athletes/teams are allowed one “false” start (i.e. setting off before they are permitted to do so). If they do this twice, however, they will be disqualified from the race.
• Olympic Medal Winners: The gold, silver and bronze Olympic games medals are awarded to the boats that finish in the top three of the final race, which has six teams/athletes competing.

Players and Equipment:
Boats, Oars, Steering and Rowing Tank

Winning events:
The winner of a rowing race is the individual or team that reaches the finish line first over a distance of 2000 metres for both men’s and women’s events.

Rowing in Uganda:
Uganda Rowing Federation (URF) is the body mandated to promote the sport of Rowing in Uganda and is registered with National Council of Sports. Internationally, URF is affiliated to the FISA the World Rowing Federation in Switzerland.

PRESIDENT:
Mr. Hamza Kahwa

SECRETARY GENERAL:
Mr. SHAFIQ SSEMAGANDA

ADDRESS:
P.O Box 74621, Kampala UGANDA

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