Uganda’s weightlifter Ssekitoleko deported from Tokyo.

By; Francis Lubega

23^rd July 2021

Security operatives have whisked away weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleeko after his arrival from Japan at Entebbe International Airport.

Airport security officials say that Ssekitoleeko has been taken to Ministry of Internal Affairs  headquarters but without pressing any charges against him.

Ssekitoleeko escaped from the hotel for Team Uganda in Izumisano and was found in the city of Yokkaichi a week later. He reportedly left a note in his hotel room saying he wanted to remain in Japan and work.

But police arrested him and he was returned to the hotel. Thereafter the governments of Japan and Uganda agreed that he should be deported.

Now, this morning as the Olympic games kicked off this morning in Tokyo, Ssekitoleeko  made his way back home.

Escorted by Shiiya Kechini,  a Japanese official attached to Team Uganda,  Ssekitoleeko arrived at 8:15am aboard Qatar Airways and was immediately taken away.

Ssekitoleeko’s mother Juliet Nalwadda who was present on realising that the security operatives had whisked Ssekitoleeko in a private vehicle, a double cabin Nalwadda run after Rev. Can. Duncans Mugumya, the incoming Commissioner Physical Education and Sports at the education ministry, demanding explaination sorroundign her son. However Mugumya says Ssekitoleeko will face disciplinary action.