SOS recruits upcountry
Apr 18, 2005
FOOTBALL pressure group SOS has after completion of what it terms as phase one of its revolution embarked on a countrywide recruitment and opening of branches.
By James Bakama
FOOTBALL pressure group SOS has after completion of what it terms as phase one of its revolution embarked on a countrywide recruitment and opening of branches.
Save Our Soccer (SOS) boss Aldrine Nsubuga said the recruitment began at the weekend with volunteers from Entebbe, Iganga, Jinja, Kampala, Masaka, Mbarara, Mukono, Mityana and Mpigi.
Nsubuga said one of the key targets of the next stage is to encourage the right calibre of people to run football from village to national level.
The process is part of a road map that will ultimately have SOS members also contesting for places on the Uganda football body FUFA.
The move is also to counter claims that SOS is merely a theoretic body out to destabilise football without offering solutions.
SOS, who say the first part of their revolution was to halt the administrative excesses in FUFA, add that they have registered over 2000 members via their website.
Nsubuga said volunteers of similar vision have been pressing to be allowed to identify with the cause.
“This has prompted the way forward as the next step of the revolution,†wrote Nsubuga in a statement yesterday.
The coordinators will register members while branches’ will mobilise the grassroots.
SOS lit the fire that not only resulted in government’s suspension of the Denis Obua led FUFA executive for abuse of office. Obua was later also jailed.
FOOTBALL pressure group SOS has after completion of what it terms as phase one of its revolution embarked on a countrywide recruitment and opening of branches.
Save Our Soccer (SOS) boss Aldrine Nsubuga said the recruitment began at the weekend with volunteers from Entebbe, Iganga, Jinja, Kampala, Masaka, Mbarara, Mukono, Mityana and Mpigi.
Nsubuga said one of the key targets of the next stage is to encourage the right calibre of people to run football from village to national level.
The process is part of a road map that will ultimately have SOS members also contesting for places on the Uganda football body FUFA.
The move is also to counter claims that SOS is merely a theoretic body out to destabilise football without offering solutions.
SOS, who say the first part of their revolution was to halt the administrative excesses in FUFA, add that they have registered over 2000 members via their website.
Nsubuga said volunteers of similar vision have been pressing to be allowed to identify with the cause.
“This has prompted the way forward as the next step of the revolution,†wrote Nsubuga in a statement yesterday.
The coordinators will register members while branches’ will mobilise the grassroots.
SOS lit the fire that not only resulted in government’s suspension of the Denis Obua led FUFA executive for abuse of office. Obua was later also jailed.