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Ugandan sports minister requires FA to terminate league sponsor contract

Xinhua, February 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Uganda's Minister of State for Sports, Charles Bakkabulindi asked the Uganda FA on Wednesday to terminate the contract they recently signed with Tanzanian based Azam Media Ltd.

On Monday, the FA signed a sponsorship contract worth 1.9 million U.S. dollars to cater for the league for a period of three and a half years.

The FA went ahead to announce that they had terminated the contract with South African based Pay TV, SuperSport because they were not fulfilling part of their contract.

The minister said if the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that the FA and the Uganda Super League Limited (USLL) signed on behalf of SuperSport was legally binding at the time, then it should be sustained in the broader interest of promoting the game of football in Uganda.

The FA has said they have never signed any contract with Super Sport in regard to the sponsorship of the country's Elite League.

"The MOU signed between FUFA and USLL in 2014 was a give and take for both parties. Whereas FUFA duly obliged to the MOU by not denying USLL and their agents to broadcast any of the Uganda Premier League matches, USLL did not fulfill their obligation of paying FUFA and the Clubs," explained the FA.

The FA went on to announce that USLL received money from SuperSport meant for referees and the clubs but the monies never reached the final beneficiaries.

"As guided by the MOU signed between FUFA and USLL, the mediation process did not deliver consensus. The non-performance by USLL led to the termination of the MOU for the good and development of the game hence opening up opportunities for other potential partners," explained the FA.

"It is not our style to go to the courts of law to solve football matters. In case any one takes us to court, we shall be ready for that moment," said the FA's Head of Legal matters Alex Luganda. Endi