FUFA to investigate match fixing claims

Oct 27, 2016

The federation recently suspended coach Sam Ssimbwa for eight months

FUFA president Moses Magogo has ordered the federation's disciplinary and ethic committees to investigations allegations of match-fixing in the Uganda Premier League.

While reacting at the FUFA Annual General Assembly at Nimrod Hotel in Luweero, Jinja district football delegate Faisal Muhammad said that he would give the committees evidence of the vice in Ugandan football. 

Muhammad was reacting to Magogo's activity report in line with various football competitions in the country when he said that players, referees and match assessors were involved in the practice.

"I had heard of the practice before but during our match with Onduparaka in Arua, I saw the referee adding over 10minutes for unclear reasons. I now have evidence to why I say people bet in the Premier League" Mohammad told New Vision.  

"I implore the ethics and disciplinary committees to take up this case and establish the truth. Whoever is got in the wrong side will have to be punished. It has been my management style that whoever is found wrong is punished effectively".

FUFA recently suspended coach Sam Ssimbwa for eight months for comments after comments he made about giving money to officials to fix matches.

The AGM in Luweero also passed the 2015 FUFA budget and approved a proposal of sh14.2m for 2017. 

National teams will take the biggest budget of sh5.3bn to train competent staff and compete in matches followed by administration (sh2.1bn) and infrastructure (sh1.4bn) among others. 

Asked whether FUFA had cleared allowances and bonuses of Uganda Cranes players, Magogo emphasised that he would not discuss it because the players did not want the issue to go public.

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