Whilst not all ex players are role models (think Gazza, Best, Maradonna), Mike - my trainee in the media skills seminar - is.
The former Ugandan striker, who scored seven goals for his country, works as a coordinator for a community sports organisation which works with young people teaching life skills and leadership through football.
The trained accountant turned to social work in order to give something back to his community: for the purposes of our sessions he’s the senior press officer hosting a press conference attended by 12 East African journalists.
He does this with calm efficiency despite a series of increasingly tough questions from selected journalists: I’m glad the questions are tough because they are receiving training (from BBC Your Game and World Service Trust trainers) too.
In a continent where press conferences have sometimes been an excuse for corrupt politicians to bribe underpaid journalists, it’s great to see one where people using sport for positive purposes get their message across whilst at the same time not being given an easy ride by the people they have invited.
There isn't a brown envelope in sight.
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