FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo lauded Kitara’s model and urged stakeholders to support the club.
The football boss was speaking in his signature Tutegeere Omupiira show on FUFA TV and Radio as he emphasized the importance of community-based clubs and FUFA Drum in the growth of Ugandan club football.
Hon. Magogo pointed at a number of community clubs that had gone under and explained some of the reasons for their fate but was quick to rally stakeholders to follow the Kitara model and support it.
“People are quick to predict doom because other [community] teams failed,” Eng. Magogo said adding that: “What is important is when you have a number of the people accepting that this [club] is ours.
“If Kitara [fans and stakeholders] allows the owners [to guide the team] in an organized way, the way the community clubs have been provided for in the law, [then] it doesn’t take [the club] away [from the community.”
Earned it
The football president also mentioned our season-long journey into the StarTimes Uganda Premier League in 2021 before facing relegation but reorganized and bounced back.
“This club was once relegated into the big league and returned. The whole thing is give them credit and learn by looking at what they are doing.
“You see every taxi which is coming from Hoima on that Hoima Road has [a sticker of] Kitara Football Club.
“They make the noise but are also doing well on the pitch so don’t take it away from them. The coach, team, administration and the fans have done well so don’t take it away from them.”
Hooliganism
Hon. Magogo also commended the euphoric fanbase that has redefined the football landscape in the country without any cases of hooliganism.
“You know the pressure to want to win that [makes] people think that they can get stones and stone people but sometimes we have seen some unfair decisions taken against them [Kitara] but life has continued without an incident.”
He believes the growing communal support that regional teams receive in the FUFA Drum can be a catalyst in growing more community clubs. Kitara contributes a number of top players for Bunyoro Province Team in the FUFA Drum.
“So,” Hon. Magogo concluded, “I think for me the FUFA Drum is finally living into the objectives of the founders or the initiators that we are stimulating communities to stimulate Ugandan football.”