KAMPALA, UGANDA: City businessman, Omar Mandela has announced his bid to stand for SC Villa presidency ahead of the club’s forthcoming elections due November 13.
Mandela, the mogul behind Café Javas, City Oils, and City Tyres at the same press briefing held at City Oil in Kamwokya unveiled the team that he said he would serve with that included SC Villa fanatics Daniel Bakaki, Salim Ssemanda, Engineer Ben Missaga, and Mohammed Bazirengedde. These had earlier expressed interest in standing for the club presidency.
“I have decided to stand as president for SC Villa,” Mandela announced on Wednesday. “We are coming for one thing and that is football and nothing else,” he added.
The tycoon said he will have three vice presidents under his leadership in a bid to restore the lost glory of the record Ugandan league champions.
Speaking at the same occasion, Daniel Bakaki said whereas he had intentions of standing for presidency, he had decided to join Mandela to take the most decorated team in the land forward.
“We have decided to come together and see that the club goes forward. We are uniting as one force to take the club forward. For the last couple of days, I have been campaigning but I have decided we come together so that SC Villa goes forward,” said Bakaki.
“We have come to unite SC Villa and in doing that, we standing behind one person who is Hajji Mandela. We are going to be under his executive and it is the unity we have wanted,” Misagga said in agreement with Bakaki.
By announcing his bid for SC Villa presidency, Mandela wants to return to the leadership of the club that he left in 2004.
Election roadmap
At the same function, Villa Members’ Trust announced that interested candidates are allowed to pick nomination forms between October, 3 and 6, 2021 before elections on November 13.
Read Here: SC Villa’s Electoral Roadmap
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