The FUFA Legal team has managed to secure the land title for the FUFA House free from any incumbrances, 12 years after a caveat was lodged on it.
The caveat was withdrawn at the beginning of this week and the land title is now in FUFA’s possession free from any incumbrances.
Following a meeting last year with the IGG, FUFA was advised on a number of recommendations on the federation’s properties which steps were undertaken with the impact is now visible.
The FUFA Legal Officer Denis Lukambi told www.fufa.co.ug that there were concerted efforts from various parties for the success of the whole process.
‘We would like to thank the Lands Division of Kampala Capital City Authority and former Express FC Chairman Mr. Kirumira Godfrey for their tremendous efforts in the process that helped us secure our title back’ said Lukambi.
‘Kirumira eased the exercise by signing on all the necessary documentation that was needed for the withdrawal of the caveat’ added Lukambi.
The latest development will be added on to the list of achievements by the FUFA Legal team since Eng. Moses Magogo election as FUFA President on 31st August, 2013.
Achievements by the FUFA Legal team since
1) Drawn or amended the following Statutes and regulations;
a) The FUFA Statutes
b) The FUFA Competitions Rules
c) The FUFA Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players
d) The Regulations for the Intermediaries
e) Club Ownership and Registration
f) Specific Competition Rules
g) FUFA Club Licensing Regulations
h) The Referees Manual
2) The amendment of the FUFA Statutes have now clarified that FUFA is an Association that owns a company called FUFA Ltd. This clears the confusion that was being propagated that FUFA is a company owned by 3 shareholders that was being propagated by detractors.
3) We have used our reach-out programme to explain the position of FUFA to the offices of HE the President of the Republic of Uganda, Rt. Honourable Prime Minister, the Ministry of Education, the NCS, the Courts of Law, the Parliament, the IGG, the Auditor General, and the Uganda Police. We have been able to position FUFA as an organisation that is law abiding and working to transform our nation using football development.
4) Together with our legal committee and the FUFA lawyers, we have been able to successfully fend off a wave of 9 fresh court cases in the past 2 years and contained the debris of cases from the previous years against FUFA and its Officials. It has come at a cost in resources that would have been utilised for the Development of the game but the alternative would have affected development too if FUFA lost such cases
5) We have patented and registered the following FUFA Trademarks;
• The FUFA Logo
• The Phrase “Uganda Cranes”
• The Phrase “It is Our Game, It is Our Country”
• The Name “Uganda Premier League”
• The Abbreviation “FUFA”
Many others have also been also being registered and this give FUFA the exclusive usage of the patents registered and this does not only fend off impostors but also create commercial value by sale of exclusive usage if these trademarks
6) Despite our position that a new modern law that suits the time is urgently enacted, FUFA has fulfilled and submitted to the NCS all the requirements (save for only incorporation) to be issued with a certificate of Registration as required by the 2014 Statutory instruments drawn by the Minister of Educations and Sports.
7) Currently on-going is to ensure that the assets of FUFA and Title Documents are properly in the control of the organisation.
MAIN PHOTO: FUFA House in Mengo-the Headquarters of Ugandan football.
Photo credit: FUFA Media