It was son against father at the Uganda Olympic Committee (UOC) Extra Ordinary General Assembly on Saturday as President Roger Hans Ddungu was banned while his Vice, Nicholas P’Minga, was suspended.
P’Minga was suspended for siding with his President and continuing to issue letters to sporting bodies without authority of the executive committee.
Interestingly, P’Minga’s son, Linos Ngompek, a member of the Canoe/Kayaking Federation, supported the suspension of his father. Ngompek said afterwards that it would have been disgraceful if his father was banned, noting that the suspension gives him room to argue out his case and defend himself.
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The Assembly that includes all sporting Associations voted for the motion to ban Ddungu on grounds that he had contravened the UOC constitution and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Charter by taking his executive to court.
Article 23.01 of the UOC constitution states that any member Federation or official or Executive committee member who contravenes any part of the constitution, rules and regulations may be cautioned, fined, suspended or banned by the General Assembly. But the Assembly choose to ban Ddungu because besides taking matters to court he had also allegedly mismanaged the national olympic body and failed to appear to explain himself on three occasions when given chance.
The ban means Ddungu cannot stand for any UOC post again or even represent Uganda Taekwondo Association where he was the Chairman.
Secretary General Penninah Kabenge said the Assembly has decided on a number of issues and also given UOC a proper way forward on how to prepare Uganda for the forthcoming 2012 London Olympics.
