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The 10 clubs that had representatives present at the event include Wakiso Giants, Vipers SC, Police, Express, URA, KCCA, SC Villa, Lugazi, NEC and UPDF.
The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) on Wednesday handed over 320 Zakayo balls to the CEOs of StarTimes Uganda Premier League clubs at an event held at the federation’s premises.
FUFA 3rd Vice President Nakiwala Kiyingi presided over the ceremony in which 10 representatives of the 16 top flight clubs were present.
Hon. Nakiwala Kiyingi thanked the Uganda Premier League Secretariat for enforcing the regulations regarding the official matchday ball and the clubs for cooperating.
“Today, we are further implementing sections of the FUFA Technical Masterplan for the next five years to ensure that an official ball is used in the country,” she said.
“This section concerns the Premier League, where we established a policy that the matchday ball must be the Zakayo ball.
“I thank the Uganda Premier League Secretariat and the teams in the first division for ensuring this regulation is followed.
“I am pleased to announce, on behalf of the federation, that there is an ample supply of these balls in FUFA’s stores.” Each club was allocated 20 balls.
The 10 clubs that had representatives present at the event include Wakiso Giants, Vipers SC, Police, Express, URA, KCCA, SC Villa, Lugazi, NEC and UPDF.