In what can be termed as real drama of events, the banned former Uganda Super League (USL) board chairperson, Kavuma Kabenge now denies knowledge of any disciplinary actions ever taken against him by FUFA or its judicial bodies!
Kabenge has also down played all the past efforts showed by the world football governing body, FIFA , the Government of Uganda and any other institutions including Supersport in restoring sanity within the National league.
“….It has been established that no disciplinary decision has ever been taken by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations and its judicial bodies against me” reads part of Kabenge’s March 15 response to FUFA. The errant official was responding to the communication from the Federation CEO Edgar Watson sent a day earlier warning him against the continued violation of association football rules.
“Based on the meetings with FIFA officials Mr. Primo Canvaro and Ashford Mamelodi, with the Minister of State for Sports (Hon. Charles Bakabulindi) and with Super sport official Mr. Gary Rathbone, it was unanimously advised that you step aside and tender your appeal to the FUFA Appeals Committee” FUFA wrote. The statement further added, “Duly Constituted FUFA judicial bodies exist and that the first instance body (FUFA Disciplinary Committee) sat and pronounced itself on your matter. These matters are not disputes but disciplinary issues”.
But Kabenge has stubbornly hit back alleging that such meetings did not have resolutions and therefore not binding. “There are no resolutions of meetings be it with the Minister of sports, FIFA nor Supersport that you are talking about……in the circumstance there is nothing to appeal against” wrote the errant former USL board chairman.
In yet another parental approach, the federation had granted both Kabenge and former CEO Ebil Ssegawa three working days to express interest to appeal. The grace period expires on Monday March 19.
FUFA further called for immediate withdraw of all matters brought before civil courts of law by the two officials or their agents as the actions were contrary to the rules governing association football and punishable. Kabenge has however remained quiet on the directive to withdraw court cases.
With such details continuing to emerge from Kabenge, the judgment remains open to you to prove whether himself and his agents have any positive feelings towards the good of Ugandan football governed under association football rules. (Story compiled by Rogers Mulindwa, Head of Communications in FUFA)
