Federation of Uganda Football Association(FUFA)  on Wednesday launched the inaugural FUFA Women’s Elite League at FUFA House in Mengo. The league is expected to kick off on 21st February, 2015 and will consist of eight (8) teams.

The Women’s League is  part of a programme that will help develop   women football in the country to ensure  World soccer governing body  (FIFA’s) objective of taking women’s football to another level.

It comes barely a year after the FIFA Com-Unity and Live Your Goals programmes were launched.
FUFA president  applauded the efforts by several people who have contributed immensely towards women’s football and called for more support.

‘This project has helped us show the public and people attached to football that we were planning behind the scenes to make women’s football a
success’ said FUFA President  Moses Magogo.
He added, “My administration is about innovations. It is upon us to support our sisters and mothers in this project”

FUFA Women committee chairperson and Executive Committee member Madam Mariam Kaliga thanked the stakeholders for taking up the programme that will help develop the game of women football in the country.

“It is through this league that better national women teams will beselected at all levels’ said Kaliga.The FUFA Chief Executive Officer Edgar Watson announced a committee set up to run the league. The committee comprises:

Darius Mugoye –Chairman, Mariam Kaliga-Vice Chairperson
Members: Ayub Khalifah, Enfrance Nanjego, Harriet Nattabi and Annet Nakamya. Mwebe Ali will be secretary of the Committee.Teams registered: Western United
Women FC, Kakira Women FC, Ajax
Women FC, Kawempe Muslim Team,
Buikwe She Red Stars FC, She
Corporate FC, Eastern Heroes Women
FC, Alleluyah 2008 Women FC.