Monday SPORT OPINION
Nov 10, 2003
Uganda’s sports circles is awash with dirty linen. Football governing body — FUFA’s — general secretary Haruna Mawanda and vice president in-charge administration Godfrey Kwizera are wrangling in public over forgery allegations.
Squabbling leaders setting bad examples
By Wangwe Mulakha
Uganda’s sports circles is awash with dirty linen. Football governing body — FUFA’s — general secretary Haruna Mawanda and vice president in-charge administration Godfrey Kwizera are wrangling in public over forgery allegations.
In athletics, the parents of long distance gem Dorcus Inzikuru, 22, allege that she does not support them with part of her track earnings in Europe. Inzikuru says she earns little from her circuits because she is not yet a world class athlete.
The athletics situation is made worse by the battle between the athletics governing body, UAAF, and rival group Michael Ezra Track Team Board (ETTB).
Whereas the world athletics supreme body IAAF says it continues to recognise UAAF, ETTB says their rebellion is here to change the running of Ugandan athletics. The stand off seems to linger on!
FUFA has called a meeting today to try reconcile Mawanda and Kwizera. Hopefully, the impasse — linked to who succeeds Denis Obua as next president — could be ironed out to avoid a potential spilt of FUFA.
But the two cases in reference are bad for sports. Inciting rebellion to get to power creates bad history.
Neither is it a good precedent for future leaders.
Ends
By Wangwe Mulakha
Uganda’s sports circles is awash with dirty linen. Football governing body — FUFA’s — general secretary Haruna Mawanda and vice president in-charge administration Godfrey Kwizera are wrangling in public over forgery allegations.
In athletics, the parents of long distance gem Dorcus Inzikuru, 22, allege that she does not support them with part of her track earnings in Europe. Inzikuru says she earns little from her circuits because she is not yet a world class athlete.
The athletics situation is made worse by the battle between the athletics governing body, UAAF, and rival group Michael Ezra Track Team Board (ETTB).
Whereas the world athletics supreme body IAAF says it continues to recognise UAAF, ETTB says their rebellion is here to change the running of Ugandan athletics. The stand off seems to linger on!
FUFA has called a meeting today to try reconcile Mawanda and Kwizera. Hopefully, the impasse — linked to who succeeds Denis Obua as next president — could be ironed out to avoid a potential spilt of FUFA.
But the two cases in reference are bad for sports. Inciting rebellion to get to power creates bad history.
Neither is it a good precedent for future leaders.
Ends