Last week, Federation of International Football associations (FIFA) found the President of Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) Moses Magogo guilty of reselling the 2014 FIFA World Cup tickets that were assigned to Uganda.
The developments led the international football governing body to suspend Magogo from football for two months accompanied with a fine of $10,000 (about 37m).
There have been reports that the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) are preparing to investigate the matter and try to bring Magogo to book.
The reports have got to FIFA, and they have written a letter to FUFA Chief Executive Officer Edgar Watson to warm him and the Ugandan authorities to literally back off from investigating Magogo, as it will be government interference in football affairs.
“FIFA has received information that the Ugandan authorities wish to open further investigations into the matters of Mr Moses Hassim Magogo, the FUFA president. Whereas FIFA respects the laws of the land where its member associations operate, it is imperative to note that the offences that Mr Magogo entered a Plea Bargain with FIFA are exclusively FIFA Regulations,” said Fatma Samoura, the FIFA Secretary General in her letter.
Samoura also said that by Ugandan authorities investigating Magogo, they will violating Art 14 par 1 (1) of FIFA Statutes, and this may lead to sanctions up to suspension of FUFA.
If FIFA suspends FUFA, it means that their forward funding to Uganda will be suspended as well as barring Uganda national teams and representative clubs from participating in international football.