Fufa’s misguided reforms will sink Ugandan football.
Immanuel Ben Misagga We live in perilous football times. A group of individuals led by a convicted fraudster, who has never injected a personal coin to develop football, came out recently to claim they researched, analysed global football trends, and came up with a blueprint to revamp Ugandan domestic football. This ‘blueprint’ was rolled out to the media without the involvement of the most essential stakeholders in football – the clubs, players, and fans. Among others, this group plans to reduce top-flight teams from 16 to 12, create a reserve league amongst the top-flight teams and create regional leagues, among others. The ‘proposal’ which to me is already a decision, is not premised on any scientific dipstick diagnosis of the current league format. There is no clear justification how the 12-league team will deliver us to the Promised Land but rather selfish interests of having a few institutional clubs cannibalise the league and make it convenient for club licensing ove...