Daily Monitor
Saturday February 13 2021
Signed out. Apita retired late last year after years more than two decades of service. Photo | Ismail Kezaala
Summary
Service. Apita joined the Ministry of Education and Sports in 1994 as an assistant secretary and rose through the ranks, retiring at the level of Commissioner for Physical Education and Sports.
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His retirement last November after clocking was similar to how he did his job – quiet and measured.
“I followed the government regulations by not staying an extra day,” Apita, who turned 60 on November 23, 2020, says. The official retirement age for public servants in Uganda is 60.
Apita joined the Ministry of Education and Sports in 1994 as an assistant secretary and rose through the ranks, retiring at the level of Commissioner for Physical Education and Sports.
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“Fufa will remain open to join efforts with other national sports federations using strategies and approaches that do not seem to either contradict or undermine the already existing efforts and institutions.”
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