FUFA calls crisis meet

Jul 25, 2005

FUFA Normalisation Committee has called for a crisis meeting this evening at FUFA House, Mengo, reportedly to discuss the behaviour of committee chairman Dr James Sekajugo.

By Norman Katende
FUFA Normalisation Committee has called for a crisis meeting this evening at FUFA House, Mengo, reportedly to discuss the behaviour of committee chairman Dr James Sekajugo.

Sources said that the meeting is likely to come up with far reaching decisions.

The meeting is a follow-up of an earlier one held at Embassy House on Friday, that was chaired by sports state minister Charles Bakkabulindi.

NCS general secretary Jasper Aligawesa, committee secretary Patrick Isiagi and member Kavuma Kabenge are also reported to have attended the Friday meeting.

“It was just a gathering. It was not a meeting as such,” said Isiagi, when contacted for comment while Aligawesa said that it was FUFA to issue the statement.

The meeting requested the minister to intervene and help ban Sekajugo from FUFA activities as he was brewing confusion within the committee and feeding the world soccer body FIFA with wrong information aimed at tarnishing others and disorganising the committee.

Bakkabulindi reportedly advised the committee to write to the appointing authority FIFA about the new development.

The minister also promised to make a report to FIFA today.

The normalisation committee was appointed to restore normalcy in Uganda’s soccer after government disbanded the Denis Obua-led FUFA executive in February.

However, the committee has since developed wrangles causing a split. Sekajugo, John Matovu, John Agard, Peter Angai Tokoma, Sam Tamale and John Mutenda are said to be on one side while Isiagi, Kabenge, Catherine Adipo and Edgar Watson belong to another.

The wrangles heightened last week when FIFA wrote defending Sekajugo on financial issues and warning Kabenge and others against issuing statements to the press.

Sekajugo circulated the letter to the press at a media briefing with his group.
Sekajugo’s group was conspicuously missing a day later during the launch of the FUFA website at FUFA House, Mengo.

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