Is Mulindwa any different?
Nov 13, 2005
EXTREME generosity in campaigns can breed suspicion. History has shown that most candidates who are open-handed use the post election period to plough back what they invested, if not even more.
‘I SAY SO’ - James Bakama
EXTREME generosity in campaigns can breed suspicion. History has shown that most candidates who are open-handed use the post election period to plough back what they invested, if not even more.
I need not give any examples. All you have to do is remember the last school, LC or Parliamentary elections which you were involved in.
Sports and more so football is no exception. So, there is reason to be sceptical of the vigour of FUFA presidential favourite Lawrence Mulindwa’s donations.
Mulindwa has in the run up to next month's polls financially contributed to almost every football cause.
The latest is yet another hefty offer to the Cranes.
He must have already overshot the sh200m which at the start of the campaigns he said was at his disposal to ensure his success.
My prayer though, is that whatever he is dishing out is not from some bank loan.
Imagine what a man with banks breathing down his neck would do to, say the $1m FIFA grant.
I hope it’s also not a repeat of a scenario of a certain gentleman who after financing Denis Obua’s campaign dashed to FUFA’s coffers to replenish his wallet.
In one memorable meeting with Yoweri Museveni, this gentleman was introduced as the saviour for Ugandan football whose offers included a bus to the Cranes.
Ugandans only awakened to the reality of exactly whom they were dealing with when the bus they thought was a gift was reflected as an expense in FUFA’s accounts.
But maybe we need not be doubtful in Mulindwa’s case.
The St Mary’s Kitende SSS proprietor could actually be not only extremely wealthy, but also a very generous man.
You’ve certainly not forgotten tycoon Patrick Kawooya (RIP). Like Mulindwa, he was a man who could do anything to attain success.
The results of Kawooya’s unquenchable thirst for success are there for everyone to see.
Villa emerged as Uganda’s most successful club twice reaching continental finals.
Uganda’s only footballer to play professional football in Europe Magid Musisi was also largely a product of Kawooya’s industry.
I only hope that Mulindwa is part of that rare breed of Ugandans that can give and continue doing so even after the ballot.
jbakama@newvision.co.ug
EXTREME generosity in campaigns can breed suspicion. History has shown that most candidates who are open-handed use the post election period to plough back what they invested, if not even more.
I need not give any examples. All you have to do is remember the last school, LC or Parliamentary elections which you were involved in.
Sports and more so football is no exception. So, there is reason to be sceptical of the vigour of FUFA presidential favourite Lawrence Mulindwa’s donations.
Mulindwa has in the run up to next month's polls financially contributed to almost every football cause.
The latest is yet another hefty offer to the Cranes.
He must have already overshot the sh200m which at the start of the campaigns he said was at his disposal to ensure his success.
My prayer though, is that whatever he is dishing out is not from some bank loan.
Imagine what a man with banks breathing down his neck would do to, say the $1m FIFA grant.
I hope it’s also not a repeat of a scenario of a certain gentleman who after financing Denis Obua’s campaign dashed to FUFA’s coffers to replenish his wallet.
In one memorable meeting with Yoweri Museveni, this gentleman was introduced as the saviour for Ugandan football whose offers included a bus to the Cranes.
Ugandans only awakened to the reality of exactly whom they were dealing with when the bus they thought was a gift was reflected as an expense in FUFA’s accounts.
But maybe we need not be doubtful in Mulindwa’s case.
The St Mary’s Kitende SSS proprietor could actually be not only extremely wealthy, but also a very generous man.
You’ve certainly not forgotten tycoon Patrick Kawooya (RIP). Like Mulindwa, he was a man who could do anything to attain success.
The results of Kawooya’s unquenchable thirst for success are there for everyone to see.
Villa emerged as Uganda’s most successful club twice reaching continental finals.
Uganda’s only footballer to play professional football in Europe Magid Musisi was also largely a product of Kawooya’s industry.
I only hope that Mulindwa is part of that rare breed of Ugandans that can give and continue doing so even after the ballot.
jbakama@newvision.co.ug