To Eng. Moses Magogo – A Balanced Path Forward for Uganda Football

I am looking for you; let’s have a conversation over a cup of African spiced tea with Empande or Maido, together with Mike Mutyaba and the group.

At this stage in life, I’m not looking for a fight in the bushes. I’m looking for a legacy that outlives the noise.

Brothers, shouting to replace Moses from Kampala won’t move the needle. Moses holds the grassroots, the delegates, and the structure. That’s why the fight stays stuck on Kampala streets while football stalls. The truth is, you can’t win a centralized war against a decentralized machine. And we can’t win by shooting in the dark, expecting targets to fall. Let’s involve all regional reformists.

I Come in Peace

I come in the name of peace.
In the name of dialogue.
In the name of cooperation that lifts our football dreams off the ground and into the hands of the next generation.

I cannot hate Eng. Moses Magogo. Not one day.

I remember the dark times in front, strangling with Moses. I was there.

When I was giving Villa my land, he stood up and saved it.
When the weight was too heavy, he carried part of it.
You don’t forget that. You don’t erase it because the politics got loud and the rooms got cold.

Gratitude doesn’t die just because we disagree today.

And loyalty to the truth means I can fight for football without spitting on the man who once fought for me.

So I’m not here to burn bridges. I’m here to build tables.

To sit down, to speak plainly, to correct what was broken, and to make sure the dream we all share doesn’t die in the middle of our anger.

Football is bigger than one man.

But history remembers the men who chose peace when hate was easier.

Let’s be those men.

What we need is a surgical solution, not street brawls. An honest conversation and a structured negotiation. Call it the Uganda Football Indaba.

1. Negotiated Power-Sharing, Not a Coup

Let’s sit down and make amendments. Admit where history got messy, correct it, and build new plastered walls with a fair administrative ratio.

What we should negotiate for:

1. Regional autonomy with budgets – Let each region run its leagues, talent ID, and infrastructure with ring-fenced funding from FUFA/FIFA.
2. Player and coach representation – Mandate seats for former players and coaches on FUFA ExCo and technical committees.
3. Transparent elections and term limits – So the next fight isn’t in 2030.
4. Independent oversight – An audit and ethics committee with real power.

You hold the structure. We hold credibility on the ground. You get more by owning a fraction of the cake and growing it than by trying to hold the whole thing while everyone else fights you.

2. It’s Worked Before – Civil Methods Fix Broken Federations

• South Africa 2013 Indaba: SAFA brought players, coaches, clubs, fans, and government for 3 days. Outcome: a technical master plan, youth restructuring, and constitutional reform. Danny Jordaan stayed, but SAFA changed.
• Kenya FKF 2021-2022: FIFA appointed a Normalization Committee to audit, rewrite statutes, and run elections. Warring factions had to negotiate inside the process.
• Ghana GFA Post-2018: Normalization Committee reset the system. Kurt Okraku came in through a reformed structure, not a street fight.
• Morocco FRMF: Decentralized in the 2010s. Regions got budgets and voting power. Result: better youth output, less central infighting.

All used a table, a process, and a deadline. None used bullets.

3. The Uganda Football Indaba – How We Do It

Who: FUFA leadership, regional FAs, UPL, Big League, Women’s League, Coaches Association, Footballers Association, legends, fan representatives, government observer.

What: 2-day structured dialogue with a neutral facilitator.

Agenda: Audit of finances and grassroots, devolution of power and revenue, electoral reform, player welfare, and a 24-month implementation plan with KPIs.

This is your Arap Moi move. When pressure was highest, he chose dialogue, constitutional reform, and managed transition over confrontation. It saved the country from tearing itself apart. You have the same opening now.

You’ve built the grassroots machine. Now use it to diffuse the highland river waves before they break the banks. Don’t let the winds from the Rift Valley drift your legacy.

4. The Call

The alternative is more division, more bullets, and a football house stuck in Mengo while the rest of the country moves on.

So I’m asking you directly, my young brother: will you chair this honest conversation and call for a National Football Indaba before the end of the year?

Bring everyone to the table. Walk away with a legacy bigger than any one term. That’s how you make history, not just hold office.

Who do you think would be credible enough to co-chair it and make both sides sit down? To me, I suggest Emeritus Chief Justice Magunda Katureebe.