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Michael Ezra |
By Alfred Wasike
Sports-loving tycoon Michael Ezra has said he will campaign for President Yoweri Museveni if he seeks any elective office in future.
“He is very reliable, dependable and God’s gift to Uganda” the tycoon said of Museveni in an interview last week.
Ezra said he would also urge Museveni to play more football.
“I would divide my time between sports, business and Museveni,” Ezra said.
In a wide-ranging interview about himself, Michael Ezra said the reason he has injected billions into Ugandan sport is because he believes that happy, healthy citizens make a productive society. “Without sport we just have a bunch of tired guys,” he said.
He dismissed rumours that he offered Col. Noble Mayombo sh10m for his wedding.
“In Uganda I put money on national issues. Luxuries like weddings I don’t give to. Wedding are not national issues,” he said.
Ezra admitted that he was recently poisoned in Kampala, but blamed it on a lapse i
n his security.
“It was a bunch of tired fellows trying to put me away but I am still around,” he said.
He predicted that within a few decades, Uganda will be between the First and Third worlds in economic development.
“In sports, it will probably be next to America in greatness,” he concluded.
Ezra also spoke about his personal life:
Q: Where did you go to school?
A: Kitante Primary, Makerere College and other institutions abroad.
Q: Where do you live?
A: In a private residence in Kampala but I meet and host my guests at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel.
Q: How big is your family?
A: Two members. A mother and child. They live with me.
Q: When did you develop your love for sports?
A: From childhood.
Q: What is your favourite sport?
A: Several but mainly track and field, hand combat and kick boxing.
Q: How do you make your wealth?
A: It is not being made. It was made. I don’t spend time maki
ng wealth. Do you hear any banks or individuals complaining?
Published on: Sunday, 18th April, 2004 |
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