{"id":10798,"date":"2018-05-30T12:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ug\/?p=10798"},"modified":"2018-05-30T12:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T09:04:04","slug":"national-council-of-sports-rewards-commonwealth-games-meadalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ug\/national-council-of-sports-rewards-commonwealth-games-meadalists\/","title":{"rendered":"National council of sports Rewards Commonwealth Games Meadalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Council of Sports has rewarded 2018 Australia Commonwealth medalists with Shs100m as a token to thank them for marketing Uganda. \u00a0In a ceremony held at the NCS office at Lugogo, Bosco Onyik, the Chairperson of the institution said; \u201cAs a nation, we would like to most sincerely thank you for marketing Uganda, for flying our national flag and making all Ugandans proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Double gold medalist in men\u2019s 5000m and 10,000m Joshua Cheptegei was recognized with a cash prize of Shs50m. \u00a0Chesang Stella another gold winner in the women\u2019s 10,000m was rewarded with Shs20m. 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