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We will go back and make more reviews, further consultations and we will get back to it next season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eleven out of the 16 premier league clubs attended the meeting at FUFA House to resolve the stand -off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn today\u2019s meeting, we have only discussed the format but the other reforms that were introduced will continue to be discussed,\u201d Magogo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a protracted standoff with some clubs and a boycott of football games by the fans , FUFA has bowed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43f941e5-9671-46ec-98e9-37d262d73f5c-1-950x633-1.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5090,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/mtn-uganda-ltd-and-fufa-sign-ug-shs-600m-two-year-mega-deal\/","url_meta":{"origin":15782,"position":0},"title":"MTN UGANDA LTD AND FUFA SIGN UG.SHS.600M TWO YEAR MEGA DEAL","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Uganda's Telecom giant MTN has agreed to be the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) and Uganda Premier League (UPL) Official Broadcast Sponsor of the StarTimes Uganda Premier League on Next Media\u2019s Sanyuka TV at a tune os Ug.Shs. 600m . 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