Nyakana, Ddungu bury the hatchet

Feb 05, 2009

AMATEUR boxing warring factions have agreed to hold an extra-ordinary assembly on February 28 to resolve the association’s controversial constitutional amendments.

By Douglas Mazune

AMATEUR boxing warring factions have agreed to hold an extra-ordinary assembly on February 28 to resolve the association’s controversial constitutional amendments.

Uganda Olympic Committee president Roger Ddungu who also heads the Uganda Amateur Boxing Federation (UABF) and the breakaway Uganda Amateur Boxing Clubs Association led by retired professional boxer Godfrey Nyakana reached the agreement in a stakeholders meeting at Lugogo yesterday.

Normalisation committee chairman Charles Egou, who presided over the stakeholders meeting aimed at ending wrangles that have dogged the sport, was all smiles after the meeting.

“Both parties attended and I am happy we have taken a major step towards solving the problem. We pointed out their problems which are constitutional and they have agreed to deal with the amendments in an extra-ordinary assembly,” Egou stated.

The two factions disagreed on the extension of the term of office from two to four years, increment of affiliation fees from sh20,000 to $300 (sh0.6m) and the president’s powers to appoint and sack executive committee members.

They also agreed to maintain the 20 clubs which were in the 2006 elective assembly that saw Ddungu beat professional boxer Justin Juuko for the presidency.

A source that attended the meeting said that the clubs had wanted more time for consultations but the committee insisted that the issue had to be resolved there.

Ddungu’s team argued that the four-year term was a recommendation to all national associations by amateur boxing world governing body, AIBA

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