Kampala — NATIONAL Council of Sports (NCS) technical committee member Charles Engwau Egou has urged Ugandans to avoid rushing sports matters to court.

Engwau, an advocate with Egou Engwau Advocates, made the call while presenting a paper "Sports and the Laws of Uganda" to the Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) members at their monthly meeting at Lugogo.

"Article 50 of the Constitution of Uganda mandates any aggrieved party to seek redress in court. But litigation in court is not only expensive and time consuming, but also leaves the losing party permanently injured with costs," Engwau noted.

He reasoned that the process of adducing evidence exposes a lot of murk to the public which scares away sponsors that would have invested in sports. He gave the example of the case against former FUFA president Denis Obua.

He however blamed government for the outdated laws enacted 45 years ago (1964) that still regard sport at an amateur level yet there is a lot of money involved.