Ddungu resigns as UABF boss
ROGERS Ddungu has resigned from the UABF presidency barely a week after his powers as head of the local amateur boxing body being reduced.
By James Bakama
ROGERS Ddungu has resigned from the UABF presidency barely a week after his powers as head of the local amateur boxing body being reduced.
Ddungu, who was recently elected Uganda Olympic Committee president, gave heavy workload as the reason for his decision.
“Due to the new appointment ..... as UOC president, I’ve found it difficult to run the two offices efficiently,†wrote Ddungu to UABF’s normalisation committee boss Charles Egou and copied to sports state minister Charles Bakkabulindi, NCS and affiliate clubs.
The resignation takes effect April 1. “I humbly request you to arrange .... our handover to the incumbent committee before April 1,†Ddungu partly wrote.
Sources close to Ddungu however revealed that his decision was a result of last week’s constitutional changes in a UABF assembly that trimmed his powers.
The UABF president lost powers to appoint his executive and club annual affiliation fees were slashed from $300 to sh30,000.
UABF secretary David Kyambadde said he was aware of the resignation, which after last week’s changes, will have Ddungu resigning with his executive.
However Kyambadde said he would release details as why they were quitting. “There is a lot to make public for the benefit of whoever is to take over.â€
The assembly followed a clash with a cluster of clubs, who accused the UABF boss of manipulating the constitution. A normalisation committee was thereafter appointed to resolve the impasse.
Ddungu rose to UABF presidency in 2006 in a heated rerun after tying with retired boxer Justin Juuko.
ROGERS Ddungu has resigned from the UABF presidency barely a week after his powers as head of the local amateur boxing body being reduced.
Ddungu, who was recently elected Uganda Olympic Committee president, gave heavy workload as the reason for his decision.
“Due to the new appointment ..... as UOC president, I’ve found it difficult to run the two offices efficiently,†wrote Ddungu to UABF’s normalisation committee boss Charles Egou and copied to sports state minister Charles Bakkabulindi, NCS and affiliate clubs.
The resignation takes effect April 1. “I humbly request you to arrange .... our handover to the incumbent committee before April 1,†Ddungu partly wrote.
Sources close to Ddungu however revealed that his decision was a result of last week’s constitutional changes in a UABF assembly that trimmed his powers.
The UABF president lost powers to appoint his executive and club annual affiliation fees were slashed from $300 to sh30,000.
UABF secretary David Kyambadde said he was aware of the resignation, which after last week’s changes, will have Ddungu resigning with his executive.
However Kyambadde said he would release details as why they were quitting. “There is a lot to make public for the benefit of whoever is to take over.â€
The assembly followed a clash with a cluster of clubs, who accused the UABF boss of manipulating the constitution. A normalisation committee was thereafter appointed to resolve the impasse.
Ddungu rose to UABF presidency in 2006 in a heated rerun after tying with retired boxer Justin Juuko.