Uganda, China celebrate growing ties with dragon boat race

WAKISO, Uganda, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- At the sound of a drum tacked at the front of their dragon-shaped boat, Emily Namuyomba and her team, Twekombe Women, paddled to the utmost to out-compete other racers in a boat race held here on Sunday.

Namuyomba and her teammates followed the rhythm of the drummer as the crowd at the Forest Park Buloba, 19km west of Uganda's capital Kampala cheered.

The race marked th