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FUFA
The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) is the governing body of association football in Uganda. The association was founded in 1924, became affiliated with FIFA in 1960 and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in 1961. In 1973, FUFA went ahead and got affiliated with CECAFA. Further more, FUFA is also affiliated to Uganda Olympic Committee. FUFA is; * a custodian of eight men's and women's national football teams (i.e. the Uganda Cranes, the Crested Cranes, U-23; Uganda Kobs, U-20; Uganda Hippos, U-17; Uganda Cubs, Sand Cranes, U-20 girls and U-17 girls) * a top administrator/regulator of national football league which runs from the first tier (top/1st division) to the fifth tier (5th division). The first division is the Uganda Premier League also known as the StarTimes Uganda Premier League. The 2nd division is the FUFA Big League. The third tier (Regional Leagues) is organised by the regional football associations (RFA) which are 8 in total (Kampala RFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FUFA Big League
The Ugandan Big League is the second tier of Ugandan football pyramid. History Original concept The concept of re-structuring Ugandan football with the creation of a new second tier league was first mooted in October 2008 by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. The idea that was single-handedly promoted by Eng. Moses Magogo was ridiculed, resisted, and fought by everyone. Although Magogo felt abandoned but he was buoyed by the inaugural clubs that were determined to proceed. Eventually out of persistence, Magogo won one by one convert and eventually the league was passed by the FUFA Executive Committee. The new national second division league, known as the FUFA Big League (FBL), was to cater for leading sides in the five regions. Second tier sides at that time competed at the regional level, with many of them failing to cope with advancement whenever they gained promotion to the national Super League. FUFA Competitions Committee secretary, Moses Magogo, confirm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Obua (footballer)
Denis Obua (13 June 1947 – 4 May 2010) was a former Ugandan association football player and administrator, who played on the left-wing for Uganda between 1968 and 1977 and later served as president of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) and chairman of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). Playing career Club career Denis Otim Obua was born on 13 June 1947 in the village of Akol in the Amolatar District of Uganda. He was educated at Boroboro Junior School and Manjasi High School, Tororo, where, in 1967, his talent was recognised and he was signed by Coffee United FC. The following year he joined Police FC, with whom he pursued parallel careers as a footballer and a policeman. In 1977, Obua was the league's top goalscorer, with 24 goals, but after Police were relegated at the end of the 1978 season he joined Maroons FC of Luzira. Obua only played for Maroons for one season. In April 1979, the Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moses Magogo Hassim
Moses Magogo Hassim (born November 8, 1976) is a Ugandan sports administrator and politician. He is the current president of the Federation of Uganda FootbalAssociations (FUFA) and Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Ex member. In the 2021 general election he was elected to Parliament, representing Budiope East in Buyende District, for the National Resistance Movement. Life Moses Magogo was born in Buyende District, Eastern Uganda and currently lives in Kampala, Uganda Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba .... Moses Magogo took the mantle as Federation of Uganda Football Associations president on 31 August 2013 after succeeding Dr. Lawrence Mulindwa. He was re-elected in 2017 for another four-year term. Moses Magogo went to Kagulu Primary School in Kam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Mulindwa
Dr. Lawrence Mulindwa is a Ugandan teacher, business man and entrepreneur who serves as the director and president of a football club Vipers SC. He is the former president of the Uganda football governing board FUFA for nine straight years, and he was the second longest serving FUFA president after Kabaka Daudi Chwa in (1924-1932). He is also the executive director and former Head teacher of the school St. Mary's secondary school Kitende. He was born in 1965 at Kanyike Kamengo, Mpigi and he is Vipers SC's majority shareholder and a back bone of the four-time Uganda Premier League winners with 90% shares. He started his administration career as a Chairman of Bunamwaya FC now known as Vipers SC from 2000 to 2004. Later on he left that position to Tadeus Kitandwe to contest for FUFA presidency which later achieved On 17 December 2005, after beating Chris Rwanika who was his immediate rival. Achievements as FUFA president He settled outstanding debts for the Federation which in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda Premier League
The Ugandan Premier League, also known as the StarTimes Uganda Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations. The league was previously known as the Uganda Super League but changed in the 2014–15 season after new management taking over. The league's roots date back to 1968 when the National First Division League was established. History Original concept The genesis of club football in Uganda was an idea copied from England by Balamaze Lwanga and Polycarp Kakooza. The objective was to improve Uganda's performances in the Africa Cup of Nations after disappointing results in the finals in 1962 (fourth-place finish) and 1968 (lost all three group stage matches), both held in Ethiopia. The intention was to start a Uganda National League (the forerunner of the Uganda Super League) to create the foundation for a strong national team. At the same time, the identification of players from the grassroots would be made easier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Rubaga Division. Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District, Mukono District, Mpigi District, Buikwe District and Luweero District. It has a rapidly growing population that is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in an area of . In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011) according to Xuantong Wang et al., which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating the importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy. Kampala is reported to be among the fastest-growing cities in Africa, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent, by City Mayors. Mercer (a New York- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Sendawula
Gerald is a male Germanic given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine nickname Jeri and the Welsh language Gerallt and Irish language Gearalt. Gerald is less common as a surname. The name is also found in French as Gérald. Geraldine is the feminine equivalent. Given name People with the name Gerald include: Politicians * Gerald Boland, Ireland's longest-serving Minister for Justice * Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States * Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, Lord Chancellor from 1964 to 1970 * Gerald Häfner, German MEP * Gerald Klug, Austrian politician * Gerald Lascelles (other), several people * Gerald Nabarro, British Conservative politician * Gerald S. McGowan, US Ambassador to Portugal * Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, British diplomat, soldier, and architect Sports * Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-born German football player * Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daudi Cwa II Of Buganda
Daudi Chewa II was Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda from 1897 until 1939. He was the 34th Kabaka of Buganda has a surviving daughter, Princess Addah Balilara lives in Bujjuko, Kampala Life He was born on 8 August 1896, at Mengo. He was the fifth son of Kabaka Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa, Kabaka of Buganda, between 1884 and 1888 and between 1889 and 1897. His mother was Abakyala Evalini Kulabako, of the Ngabi Clan, the fourth of his father's sixteen wives. He ascended to the throne in August 1897 following the deposition of his father by British Forces. At the time of his coronation, he was only one year old. He maintained his capital at Mengo Hill. He was educated at Kings College Budo. which was founded in 1906 alongside Daudi, by the British Commissioner and commander in chief of the then Uganda protectorate - George Wilson CB On 8 August 1914, he received an honorary commission as a lieutenant in the British Army, and was appointed an honorary captain on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukedi District
Bukedi District was a subdivision of the Eastern Province of the Uganda Protectorate, with headquarters in Mbale. In the early 1920s Bukedi was divided into the Budama, Bugisu and Bugwere districts. These were recombined into Mbale District during World War II (1939–1945), then split in 1954 into a new, smaller Bukedi District to the west and Bugisu District to the east, sharing Mbale Township as their administrative headquarters. In 1968 the administrative headquarters of Bukedi District were moved to Tororo. Later Bukedi District was split up into a number of smaller districts. Location Bukedi District was in the east of Uganda, just north of Lake Victoria. The headquarters of the original Bukedi District was Mbale township, which lies on a strip of land between the plains that drain into Lake Kyoga to the west and the slopes of Mount Elgon to the east. Bukedi district contained Gisu people in the populous and mountainous northeast, and several other ethnic groups in the weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acholi People
The Acholi people (also spelled Acoli) are a Nilotic ethnic group of Luo peoples (also spelled Lwo), found in Magwi County in South Sudan and Northern Uganda (an area commonly referred to as Acholiland), including the districts of Agago, Amuru, Gulu, Kitgum, Nwoya, Lamwo, Pader and Omoro District. Approximately 2.1 million Acholi were counted in the Uganda census of 2014, and 45,000 more were living in South Sudan in 2000.Lewis, M. Paul (ed.)"Acholi." ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World.'' SIL International, September, 2010. Accessed 10 March 2011. Language The Acholi dialect is a Western Nilotic language, classified as Luo (or Lwo). It has similarity with Alur, Padhola language, and other Luo languages in South Sudan Shilluk, Anuak,Pari, Balanda, Boor, Thuri. Then in Kenya and Tanzania are the Joluo also known as the Luo. The '' Song of Lawino'', one of the most successful African literary works, was written by Okot p'Bitek, published in 1966 in Acholi, and later trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Nile Sub-region
West Nile sub-region, previously known as West Nile Province and West Nile District, is a sub-region in north-western Uganda, in the Northern Region of Uganda. Location The sub-region is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south and west, by South Sudan to the north and by the Albert Nile to the east. The town of Arua, is the largest town in the sub-region. Arua lies approximately , by road, northwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, and the largest city in that country. Overview West Nile sub-region consists of the following districts, as of July 1st 2021: * Adjumani District * Arua City * Arua District * Koboko District * Maracha District * Terego District * Madi-Okollo District * Moyo District * Nebbi District * Yumbe District * Zombo District * Obongi District The sub-region received its name from being located on the western side of the Albert Nile. Military leader and former president of Uganda, Idi Amin, first gained prominence in the West Nile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ssebaana Kizito
John Ssebaana Kizito (12 September 1934 - 3 July 2017) was a Ugandan businessman, economist and politician. He was the president of the Democratic Party (DP) in Uganda from 2005 to 2010. Kizito was a member of the University Council of Ndejje University. He was reported to be one of the wealthiest people in Uganda, having sizable holdings in real estate and insurance. Background and education Ssebaana was born in Mpande Village, Luweero District, in Uganda's Central Region on 12 September 1934. He attended Kings College Budo and was a graduate of Makerere University. In 1960, he graduated with a Master of Arts degree in economics from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon in the U.S. Career Kizito'a political career began before Uganda became an independent country. He was a civil servant and politician in several of Uganda's eras of tyranny and political turmoil, including under Idi Amin, Milton Obote, and President Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Movement governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
