Federation of Ugandan Football Association (FUFA) has finally accepted to register with National Council of Sports (NCS) under the Trustees Act after previous reluctance to comply.
This should be done before Wednesday 10th August 2016.
The development emerged after a tripartite meeting involving; the FA, world football governing body FIFA representatives,NCS and Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports at Embassy House Kampala on Tuesday.
FUFA is confident they will continue to discharge their mandate independently without third party interferences.
“It has been FUFA’s consistent position that decisions taken by both Government and FIFA after the meeting would be implemented with assurances that no sanctions would be slapped on the local soccer governing while government would not interfere with the running of the game despite registering under the Trusteeship Incorporation Act,” A statement from FUFA read in part.
“FUFA is confident that there will be uninterrupted and continued development of the game of football in Uganda and national focus will now shift to the Uganda v Comoros 2017 AFCON qualifier match slated for Saturday 3rd September 2016 at Mandela National Stadium.”
All unregistered federation in the country also have the same deadline to comply with the Trustees Act.
The FIFA delegation included Mr. Luca Nicola (Manager Member Associations) and Mr. Rolf Tanner (Legal Counsel).
FUFA was represented by the FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo, First Vice President Mr. Justus Mugisha, Third Vice President Mr. Denis Mbidde, Chief Executive Officer Mr. Edgar Watson and Legal officer Mr. Denis Lukambi.
The Government delegation was led by Minister of State for Sports Hon. Charles Bakkabulindi and included Mr. Omara Apita Commissioner Physical Education, Mr. Onyik Bosco Chairman NCS, Mr. Nicholas Muramagi General Secretary NCS and representatives from the Solicitor General’s office, among others.
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