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Villa trusteeship: good initiative, poor execution

Immanuel Ben Misagga   There is some positive buzz at SC Villa after the club announced recently that it was forming a trusteeship. Reading through the various media releases, I, as a former club president, welcome the initiative to solve the longstanding leadership crisis. It is true fans need to subscribe and the Shs 50,000 is quite modest. I also agree the club needs a congress that acts as the club parliament from which the leadership is elected. In 2015 we formed a Club Congress but magogo manipulatively undermined it using his position by not allowing FA ratify what we discussed and passed because they didn't favour his position. However, all this falls flat without the basic foundation, which is a ratified club constitution. If there is one, then it should be made public to clearly show how it was reached at; the laws governing it as well as the punitive measures for errant fans or officials. A person willing to pay the Shs 2m to join the club congress needs to b