Robert Katende

Robert Katende ni umutoza wa chess muri  Uganda, mu mupira w'amaguru, na injeniyeri . Ni n'umuyobozi mukuru wa siporo yo hanze.

Yateje imbere umukino wa chess mu cyaro hamwe n'abana bo m'umuhanda wa Kampala .    Azwiho kandi kuba yarayoboye Phiona Mutesi, umukandida wa mbere w’umugore m’umukino wa chess muri Uganda   ndetse n’igitabo cya 2012 cyanditswe na Tim Crothers na filime Umwamikazi wa Katwe muri 2016, yiyobowe na Nair Mira,  ikandikwa na William Wheeler. David Oyelowo yakinnye nka Robert Katende muri iyi filime, inagaragaramo Lupita Nyong'o na Madina Nalwanga .    

 Ubuzima bw'ambere n'uburere 
Katende yavukiye mu karere ka Kiboga, na nyina w'u mwangavu, yabanaga na nyirakuru mu bwana bwe. Yakuriye i Naakulabye, m'umujyi wa Kampala.   Yatangiye ubuzima bwe mu ishuri ribanze rya St Elizabeth nyuma ajya mu ishuri ryisumbuye rya Lubiri aho yamenyekanye muri chess. Kuva i Lubiri, yinjiye muri kaminuza ya Kyambogo aho yakuye impamyabumenyi mu by'ubwubatsi, ateza imbere imyumvire ya chess. Yatangiye umupira w'amaguru nyuma akinana ubuhanga mu ikipe y'umupira w'amaguru ya Miracle, Top TV FC, hamwe na ba ambasaderi ba siporo.   

Kugeza ubu Katende afite impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu ikoranabuhanga rya mudasobwa ndetse n’impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu iterambere ry’umuryango mpuzamahanga yakuye muri kaminuza ya Northwest muri Amerika . 

Ni umukinnyi wemewe na chess FIDE umwigisha na arbiter. 

 Umwuga 
Muri 2018, Katende yatoranijwe kugirango yinjire muri gahunda yo gutangiza abayobozi muri  Obama Foundation.  

 Umuryango 
Katende yashakanye na Sarah Ntongo. Bafitanye abakobwa batatu.  

 Ibihembo 
Muri 2017, mu rwego rwo kubahiriza uruhare Katende yagize mu muryango wa chess, Ishyirahamwe mpuzamahanga rya Chess ( FIDE ) ryamuhaye igihembo cya Tigran Petrosian . 

Muri 2018, Katende yari umwe mu bayobozi 200 b'Abanyafurika bemewe na Fondasiyo ya Obama . Ibikorwa bye byagaragaye no mu nama ya Fondasiyo ya Obama muri 2018. 

 Umwanditsi 
Muri 2019, Katende yasohoye igitabo yise Knight idafite Ikigo gisobanura ingorane zo mu bwana bwe nu buryo yahisemo gukoresha chess nk'igikoresho cyo guhindura ubuzima. 

 Reba 

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