Bakkabulindi woos sponsors
Sep 25, 2005
SPORTS state minister Charles Bakkabulindi has encouraged corporate sponsors to come back to football because sanity is returning to the administration of the game.
By Sabiiti Muwanga
SPORTS state minister Charles Bakkabulindi has encouraged corporate sponsors to come back to football because sanity is returning to the administration of the game.
“There should be no more fears for you to invest in football because sanity is being restored and I have no regrets over what I did with FUFA in February. I shall not allow any more nonsense,†Bakkabulindi vehemently warned, adding that he was closely watching the performance of the FUFA normalisation committee whom he commended for doing a good job so far.
Bakkabulindi was speaking as chief guest at a state corporate dinner to celebrate 30 years of SC Villa hosted at Imperial Resort Beach Entebbe on Saturday.
Allied Bank were the main sponsors of the function.
A T-shirt on which President Yoweri Museveni’s name was inscribed and in Villa’s club colours was bought at sh1.35m.
The minister commended the club for their achievements during the period in which they have won 26 national titles, three CECAFA club championships and reached the finals of CAF competitions on two occasions.
“It is because of Villa’s consistency that we gave them this kind of recognition,†he said. He also handed over the new 30-seater van that was pledged to the club by President Museveni.
Club president Franco Mugabe called for competition in the game.
Earlier, Nile Breweries marketing manager for Kampala area Shem Semmambo said that his company was planning a big comeback into local football.
“We want the local football to be aired on television and on radio. We want it to be done like our parent company (South African Breweries) does it in South Africa,†Semmambo said.
Nile Breweries pulled out of league sponsorship at the end of the 2003 season after reported mismanagement by FUFA officials of the local soccer body.
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SPORTS state minister Charles Bakkabulindi has encouraged corporate sponsors to come back to football because sanity is returning to the administration of the game.
“There should be no more fears for you to invest in football because sanity is being restored and I have no regrets over what I did with FUFA in February. I shall not allow any more nonsense,†Bakkabulindi vehemently warned, adding that he was closely watching the performance of the FUFA normalisation committee whom he commended for doing a good job so far.
Bakkabulindi was speaking as chief guest at a state corporate dinner to celebrate 30 years of SC Villa hosted at Imperial Resort Beach Entebbe on Saturday.
Allied Bank were the main sponsors of the function.
A T-shirt on which President Yoweri Museveni’s name was inscribed and in Villa’s club colours was bought at sh1.35m.
The minister commended the club for their achievements during the period in which they have won 26 national titles, three CECAFA club championships and reached the finals of CAF competitions on two occasions.
“It is because of Villa’s consistency that we gave them this kind of recognition,†he said. He also handed over the new 30-seater van that was pledged to the club by President Museveni.
Club president Franco Mugabe called for competition in the game.
Earlier, Nile Breweries marketing manager for Kampala area Shem Semmambo said that his company was planning a big comeback into local football.
“We want the local football to be aired on television and on radio. We want it to be done like our parent company (South African Breweries) does it in South Africa,†Semmambo said.
Nile Breweries pulled out of league sponsorship at the end of the 2003 season after reported mismanagement by FUFA officials of the local soccer body.
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