IGP Ochola salutes Gen Kayihura for key role in Cheptegei, Chemutai exploits at Tokyo Olympics
The Inspector-General of Police, John Martins Okoth Ochola has hailed his archetype, Gen Kale Kayihura for assuming a critical part in empowering athletes to join the police power.
“My extraordinary much gratitude goes to IGP Emeritus General Kale Kayihura for redoing sports in the police in the year 2012. The account of how we got to the Olympics and accomplished the astounding achievements was because of his key guidance,”Ochola said on Monday.
Ochola’s remarks came in the wake of the heavenly presentation by Uganda’s group at the 2020 Olympics games in Tokyo the Japanese capital.
Cheptegei and Chemutai won a gold decoration each in the men’s 5,000m finals and in the ladies’ 3000m steeplechase competition to guarantee Uganda completed second among the 54 African nations and 35thoverall among 206 nations that took part in the 2020 Olympics games.
As per Ochola, the competitors conveyed the Ugandan banner high as well as the one for the Police power.
“I should say I am incredibly pleased about the astounding execution of our competitors. The awards assisted with placing our country high above nations like South Africa, Nigeria, Botswana and Ethiopia among others,”Ochola said.
“I need to actually say thanks to IP Joshua Cheptegei who pulled off two unimaginable exhibitions to turn into a twofold medalist and Special Police Constable Peruth Chemutai who left a mark on the world to turn into the principal female police competitor to win gold decoration.”
In 2012, the then Inspector General of Police, Gen Kale Kayihura dispatched an intentional mission to recognize and enroll youthful and capable athletes into the police power as Special Police Constables and Probation Police Constables.
On Sunday, Gen Kayihura showed respect to the Ugandan group at the 2020 Olympics with a 16km go around his Kashagama ranch style house in Lyantonde area.
He likewise thought back the 2012 venture he started to enroll and enable competitors in the power.
“I say thanks to them for satisfying beyond anything I could ever imagine their promise in Kapchorwa after I tested them that one day, we should share the Olympics gold and different awards with the amazing Kenyan competitors across the line. It is at some point back however I’m certain they actually recall,” Kayihura noted.
