The Inspectorate of Government has pulled out of investigating the local motorsport governing body FMU, barely a week after ordering its administration dissolution.
On 21st November, the IG wrote to the National Council of Sports(NCS) and FMU stating that the current leadership headed by Hon. Jimmy Akena is illegally in office and ordered for a dissolution. She relied on a High Court ruling in July this year quashing a decision by the FMU Management and Excom to call an Extra Ordinary meeting.
On 27th November, NCS; the sports regulating body, made a quick response by writing to FMU ordering them to conduct a fresh elections in a month’s time.
Taken aback by the decision, FMU President Hon. Jimmy Akena in response stated that the NCS and the IG’s office were misled in their decision.
“There is nowhere in the Court decision where Justice Dr. Douglas Karekona Singiza found that the “current management/leadership of the Federation of Motorsport Clubs of Uganda (FMU) is illegal in office and ordered for fresh elections to be organised…” reads an excerpt from the letter.
Further, Hon. Akena mentioned that the court decision has since been appealed by the federation.
And now in a surprise turn of events, the IG has retracted on earlier communication and withdrawn from any matters regarding FMU’s governance status.
On Monday 2nd December, a law firm representing the IG whistleblowers received a letter on the same day from the IGG.
In a response to the law firm representing the whistleblowers in the matter, the IG has stated the legal limitations of involvement in any court binding matters.
“Whereas we have written to National Council of Sports forwarding the court ruling and issued orders freezing all financial transactions on all FMU bank accounts until the leadership impasse is resolved, this is to inform you that the Inspectorate of Government (IG), under Section 18 of the Inspectorate of Government Act, Cap 32, is barred from investigating any decision of any court of law or of any judicial officer in exercise of his or her judicial power.”
“In addition, under the same law, the IG may decline to conduct an investigation and or handle any matter where there are other remedies available to the complainant by law. In this case, it is within your right and legal mandate to apply to court for execution orders of the decree in line with the Civil Procedure rules,” reads the letter dated 26th November.
The letters have left many within motorsport questioning the inconsistent arrival at decision by the concerned government organs.
Controversy over governance has been brewing in the motorsport discipline since December 2023.
The IG was involved in April this year when displeased parties; who included former FMU presidents and a former competitor Geoffrey Nsamba sought the ombudsman’s office for relief on their grievances.
The IG has since been investigating the Federation; ordering the freezing of all federation accounts in April. That decision put the organization of the African rally championship round in Uganda in jeopardy.
The months-long impasse has rocked the federation’s sporting activities.
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