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Ogwel in the meantime confirmed that authorities funding beginning monetary yr 2026/27 via NCS shall solely be prolonged to these organizations which have efficiently accomplished registration below the National Sports Act.
The National Council of Sports General Secretary Dr. Patrick Bernad Ogwel has confirmed that solely eleven National Sports Organizations have absolutely complied with the necessities of the legislation as regards registration.
This follows the enactment of the National Sports Act, Cap. 151 in August 2023 and graduation of Section 7 via the National Sports Act Instrument S.I No. 23 of 25 on March 14 that required all of the National Sports Organizations to register below the brand new authorized body work.
Of the beforehand 51 National Sports Organizations registered below the repealed authorized regime, solely 45 submitted functions and out of that following a number of procedural processes, solely eleven are absolutely complied.
This was revealed throughout a press briefing on the NCS on Monday July 20, 2026.
Accordingly, the eleven are Netball Uganda (NU), Pool Association of Uganda (PAU), Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA), Uganda Dance Sport Federation (UDSF), Badminton Uganda (BU), Uganda Athletics (UA), Uganda Chess Federation (UCA), Uganda Table Tennis Association (UTTA), Uganda Tennis Association (UTA), Uganda Boxing Federation and Federation of Uganda Basketball Association (FUBA) and these have been issued with Certificates of Registration that are legitimate for a interval of 1 yr from the date of issuance, topic to annual renewal.
Ogwel additionally revealed that seven National Sports Organizations have been additionally discovered to be considerably compliant with the necessities of the legislation however have go below additional verification of compliant paperwork submitted earlier than they’re issued with certificates upon profitable completion below the brand new authorized regime.
These embody the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of Uganda, Uganda Woodball Federation, Uganda Squash Rackets Associations, Uganda Gold Union, Kabaddi Federation of Uganda, Uganda Aquatics and Uganda Rugby.
Fourteen others have been discovered to nonetheless have main non-compliance points and these have been given one-month remedial interval to handle pending points as of Monday July 20, 2026.
These are Uganda Handball Federation, Uganda Hockey Association, Uganda Judo Association, Uganda Ludo Federation, Uganda Skating Association, Uganda Climbing, Uganda Volleyball Federation, Uganda Zurkhaneh Association, American Football Federation of Uganda, Uganda Archery, Uganda Baseball and Softball Association, Uganda Gymnastic Federation and Uganda Cycling Association.
Ogwel in the meantime confirmed that authorities funding beginning monetary yr 2026/27 via NCS shall solely be prolonged to these organizations which have efficiently accomplished registration below the National Sports Act.
At the second, 43 billion Uganda Shillings have been prolonged to NCS with 50% of the funds already out there as per Ogwel and there’ll now not be ring fencing of funds for explicit federations as has been the case earlier than.
