Its obvious that Ugandan sports administrators just hate it when sportsmen speak their mind, when David Obua gave Fufa a piece of his mind, he was dropped from the national team on the eve of a crucial qualifier. Timothy Batabaire and Posnet Omony angrily dropped by Fufa when we needed them the most.
The former told by former Cranes coach Bobby Williamson that the reason he is not playing for the national team was because he had no friends in Fufa. Male cricket player of the year 2013 Arthur Kyobe was dropped from the national team early this year for what Uganda Cricket Association thought he said that he should have kept to himself.
The latest is double Commonwealth gold medalist, Moses Kipsiro who after naming him captain ahead of the World Half Marathon Championship in Denmark; Uganda Athletic Federation dropped him. According to monitor.co.ug the double Commonwealth gold medalist is dropped for blowing the lid off the sexual harassment accusations against a coach during Team Uganda’s training camp for the recently concluded Africa Cross-country Championships.
“I have been told I can’t travel but its okay. I have been given a funny excuse, I don’t even want to talk about it,” Kipsiro told monitor.co.ug. “I love representing my country and will do so whenever called upon.
But if am being punished for trying to save careers and lives of young athletes, it’s unfair. But God is my judge,” he added. Kipsiro finished fourth at the National Half Marathon in Mbale on February 8, to earn a ticket to Copenhagen for Saturday’s event.
“He (Kipsiro) had malaria, typhoid, brucella during the Africa Cross-country. I felt he needed to recover fully before competing. There are many races ahead for him ahead,” said Gordon Ahimbisibwe, national coach. Geoffrey Kusuro will now captain the team.
