The FUFA long term Development Plan that was discussed under the guidance of FIFA in November 2008 at Mandela National Stadium included among others the introduction of a national league that feeds the Uganda Super League to replace the one week Super Mini Leagues that have been used before.
The intention was to create an acclimatizing competition for the clubs ascending to Uganda’s top most league where the administrative, structural, sporting, infrastructural and financial abilities will be rehearsed. It was further envisaged that one of the key FIFA principles of good competitions is where competing teams are of almost an equal strength. Throwing a team that has just been a first division team playing in a district league of a radius of 20km to a national league composed of clubs that have existed for over 30 years and some with institutional budgets of hundreds of millions does not set the competing ground fair
The FUFA Competitions Committee (FCC) came up with the BIG LEAGUE as a national league just below the Uganda Super League. The teams that qualified to play in the newly introduced competitions were determined by the 2008/9 Lower League Rules (Rule B2 and B3) as the five (5) teams dropped from 2008/9 Uganda Super League and the clubs that finished second and third in the five regional super mini leagues in Uganda
The clubs that qualified are;
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| CLUB | LOCATION | STATUS |
| 1 | SHARING YOUTH | Kampala | Relegated from 2008/9 USL |
| 2 | BUGERERE UNITED FC | Kayunga | Relegated from 2008/9 USL |
| 3 | MBARARA UNITED FC | Mbarara | Relegated from 2008/9 USL |
| 4 | YOUFRA FC | Lira | Relegated from 2008/9 USL |
| 5 | KAKIRA SUGAR FC | Jinja | Relegated from 2008/9 USL |
| 6 | JINJA MUNICIPAL FC | Jinja | Eastern Region Runners Up |
| 7 | MBALE HEROES FC | Mbale | Eastern Region Third Placed |
| 8 | NDEJJE UNIVERSITY | Luwero | Buganda Region Runners Up |
| 9 | MISINDYE FC | Mukono | Buganda Region Third Placed |
| 10 | MAROONS FC | Kampala | Kampala Region Runners Up |
| 11 | KASE FC | Kampala | Kampala Region Third Placed |
| 12 | SAMBA BOYS FC | Yumbe | Northern Region Runners Up |
| 13 | DEVINE WATERS FC | Apac | Northern Region Third Placed |
| 14 | UMOJA | Mbarara | Western Region Runners Up |
| 15 | FORTHILLS | Fort Portal | Western Region Third Placed |
FCC has observed that the challenge shall be the financial ability of the teams to traverse the entire nation and has called upon the participating clubs for a meeting at FUFA House on Sunday 10th January 2010 at 1000 Hours to device a mechanism to sustain the competition
Also invited for the same meeting are;
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| CLUB | LOCATION |
| 1 | UTODA-KAMPALA | Kampala |
| 2 | GULU UNITED FC | Gulu |
| 3 | MASAKA MUNICIPAL FC | Masaka |
