Government incentives, not money, will develop sports

Having taken over at the helm of Sports Club Villa, I have noticed that most key stakeholders in sports, including the government, are not clear on how to revamp the sector. As a result, the sector has hobbled from one stage of decline to another with a few unsustainable bright moments and yet every Financial Year, the government funds a sports budget though inadequately.

Bengo seals record deal, Ochan joins Villa

Steven Bengo’s pain in Tanzania Premier League has finally come to an end after the Uganda Cranes playmaker sealed a record Shs20m transfer to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on Sunday.

Move with the times

It shouldn’t qualify as a saga but Mike Sserumaga’s supposed trip to South Africa days before Uganda takes on Angola in the 2012 Afcon qualifiers has assumed such notoriety.

INTERVIEW: Just who’s Fred Muwema?

SC Villa, Uganda’s most successful club has been a sleeping giant of late – with only the 2009 Kakungulu Cup to show for since 2005.

TOP TEN: Golden heroes

Gold medalists have been few and far between in Ugandan sport. ROBERT MADOI and DAVID LUMU look at the few that have captured the imagination of Ugandans. 1. Akii-Bua’s twin feats in Munich

Hoping that it’s no false dawn for Villa

With Ugandan club football bearing the brunt of a slow and steady decline, an urgent remedy is needed not to only catch up with the commercialisation of the beautiful game but also set up viable structures to aid development and organisation.

Villa restructuring scheme to roll off

Swalley Kenyi
SC VILLA needs up to sh200m for its activities next season, newly appointed chairman Fred Muwema said. Muwema, who is spearheading the restructuring of the club to run as a business entity, is poised to move a step higher and replace the current president Franco Mugabe.
Mugabe has been boss of the 16-time record national [...]

BADRU ZZIWA: PART II; How Villa became a soccer powerhouse

In the second of the three-part series about SC Villa, we look back at the golden years from 1982 to the sale of Majid Musisi SC Villa, having acquired full autonomy from Express, its proprietor Patrick Kawooya mapped strategies to transform the club into a force, noting that the club’s main priority was to compete with Express FC and break KCC FC’s football dominance.

Kizito signs for Partizan

Uganda Cranes left back Nestroy Kizito can count himself a lucky man after signing for one of the biggest clubs in Serbia. The 28-year-old passed his medical just over a fortnight ago and has now signed a two-year deal with reigning Serbian champions, Partizan Belgrade. Daily Monitor could not readily establish other details of the contract.

Local football’s top transfers

The Ugandan transfer rumour mill no longer attracts the frenzy it commanded in years gone by. In fact, the last time the local footballing fraternity was captivated by the close season transfer window was between November 2002 and January 2003 when the likes of Dan Wagaluka (Iganga to Villa), Tony Mawejje (Masaka to KCC) and Richard Malinga (KCC to Express) made head-turning transfers. Seven years on, although there appears to be no chance of such a frenzy playing out, one or two players are causing a stir.

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