Mvita Member of Parliament Abdulswamad Nassir (left) shadow-boxes with Mbaraki Sports Club fighter Brian Agina after the MP came to the rescue of the Coast team by financing their travel to Nairobi for this weekend’s Commonwealth Games trials. PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
According to KCCA’s former head of marketing and media officer Clive Kyazze, the Kampala-based side receives about Sh150 million worth of sponsorship annually from its six sponsors namely
Uganda FA current boss Moses Magogo is seemingly also doing far better than FKF’s Nick Mwendwa on the marketing front.
The country’s most popular football teams are in financial crisis in the wake of Tuesday’s decision by SportPesa’s to abruptly withdraw separate multi-million shillings worth of sponsorship deals. The giant gaming firm opted to terminate these financial arrangements in the wake of a tussle with government over extra taxes to betting firms primarily aimed at “regulating gambling.” As things are, Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards and Harambee Stars, who each only have one sponsor, have nowhere to turn to, and could even fail to honour their assignments in the not so distant future, that’s unless government intervenes or a miracle of sorts happens.
“As a result of this decision (by SportPesa),” long-serving Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier explained to journalists on Tuesday that he was considering his next step. “I will be chairing an executive meeting to determine whether we will write to the Confederation of African Football to petition our withdrawal from participating in the Caf Africa Champions League. At the moment, we cannot honour these matches,” he said.
