By James Robert Kayindi
Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) has come out to clear the air on allegations by Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) that the former had breached a contract by denying them rights to air live the Afcon 2017 qualifier between Uganda and Botswana.
According to Fufa, through their spokesman Ahmed Hussein, the local football governing body has breached no contract and insists they (Fufa) had no such in existence for the said game.
“Fufa has not breached any contract. We only had such an agreement with Azam. We (Fufa) had a product (the match). They (UBC) should know Football is a business and we need money for it,” Ahmed clarified to ChimpReports.
UBC however, thinks otherwise and feels the matches should be free.
“All Ugandans have the right to watch their national team play, free of charge. We hope this doesn’t happen again. We are already getting tons of calls coming in; this is a disaster for us,” said Jane Kasumba who urged FUFA to learn to draw the line between business and patriotism.
The said match was aired by Azam TV and according to Fufa, the national broadcaster wanted it for free but they insist that UBC should sort out the issue with Azam.
“Azam had the rights for the game and I think it’s of best interest if UBC sort out themselves,” he added.
