If this @GovUganda handout to Uganda Premier League clubs @UPL is politically motivated, then it is not just wrong, it is illegal under @FIFAcom Statutes.
FIFA Statute Article 14 & 19 are very clear: member associations must manage their affairs independently and without undue influence from third parties, including government. Any politically motivated cash injection directly to clubs is classic government interference and puts Ugandan football at risk of a FIFA ban. FUFA knows this.
And it gets worse.
If the same offer letter is asking clubs to submit their Tax Identification Numbers as a precondition, then we must ask: What is the hidden agenda?
Is this a handout or a tax trap?
You give clubs with the right hand and then use their TINs to track them and collect back in taxes with the left hand? Then it defeats the entire purpose. You have not helped football, you have exposed already struggling clubs to @URAuganda enforcement.
Key support for football is not cash handouts. Real support is:
1. Making sports equipment Tax-free
2. Removing punitive taxes on clubs and sponsorships
3. Letting clubs control their own broadcasting rights
Stop politicizing the game. Stop using clubs for PR.
Let football govern itself.@DNyeko@NCSUganda1@OgwangOgwang@HaroldAtukwatse@IvanOjakol@iRmutenda
But Ivan
Government funding football is not automatically government interference.
The real FIFA question is whether the money gives government control or undue influence over FUFA’s football decisions.
If government starts appointing officials, determining competition rules or directing sporting decisions, then there is an interference issue.
But simply giving clubs financial support does not by itself prove a FIFA violation, because we this everyday allover the world
The TIN argument is also weak. If public money is being given to clubs, identifying and accounting for the beneficiaries should be expected.
So the key question for me would be; What conditions are attached to the money, and do they interfere with football governance?
Government funding, political interference and a FIFA ban are not automatically the same thing.
But also, with a National Sports Act, can we continue arguing “government interference”? Yes, FIFA seems to use it as a “weapon” occasionally, but sports has since moved on from outright autonomy to a conditonal autonomy and this sports governing bodies are slowly making do with.
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GOOD NEWS! Uganda is steadily getting back and rebuilding its Rail network!
Our people asked for more transport options following the #Ganyegenya operation on DMC taxis… Uganda Railways has pulled a number, adding more trips to Mukono.
Also helping reduce pressure on our congested roads! @MoWT_Uganda 🤙🏾
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