The Talking Drum (Daniel Nsibambi) -
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Published on: 2/6/2006
Last Visited: 7/9/2008
featuring Daniel Nsibambi,President, Uganda Chess Federation
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This nation of 22 million has a thriving chess population led by the tireless efforts of Daniel Nsibambi and his staff.Improving 22 places in the 2000 Olympiad, the Ugandan chess mavens hope to take the momentum to Slovenia and make their presence felt.With a thriving chess league and successful showings in regional competitions, Uganda appears to be on the rise.Mr. Nsibambi has benefited from the generous sponsorship of New Vision International, a major Ugandan publishing company.
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NSIBAMBI: Uganda is one of the three countries found in the East African region.
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Daniel Nsibambi, President, Uganda Chess Federation.
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Daniel Nsibambi
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NSIBAMBI: Uganda Chess Federation came into being in 1972.
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NSIBAMBI: The names to remember here are the late Paul Bitarabeho (founding chairman), a Kampala businessman, the late Lawrence Kapanga (founding general secretary) a librarian with Mengo Senior Secondary school in Kampala and Dr. Yusuf Mpairwe (founding vice chairman), a Kampala physician who still practices at the Naguru Medical Laboratory.
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NSIBAMBI: I was born in Kampala city although my family's ancestry can be traced to a small township called Masuulita barely 48 km (30 miles) northwest of Kampala.The only famous thing about it is that it is in the operational zone where in 1981 Uganda's current president Yoweri Museveni started his 5-year guerilla war that brought him to power in 1986.