Magogo’s latest coup on clubs should be an eyeopener
IMMANUEL BEN MISAGGA One of the trending memes on social media is a clip of infuriated Erias Lukwago, the Kampala lord mayor, telling off someone in studio that “Mujooga…Mujooga…Mujooga Basajja Mwe.” I do not think there is a direct English translation, but the phrase is basically an outcry to an oppressor that acts with impunity. That is the exact situation local clubs find themselves in after last week’s unilateral decision by Moses Magogo, the discredited Fufa boss, to end the 2019/2020 football season. My contention is not about the declaration to end the season, but the way it was done. To contextualize this, you have to go back to the start of the lockdown in March when Magogo declared openly declared that the remaining five games of the UPL must be played. He even came up with various options such as playing games behind closed doors, extending the 2021 season to start in September or at least wait till August to make a final decision. Even in the first weeks of M