Sports 2 May 2026 Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Uganda Aquatics Steps Up Support for Clubs on Governance and Stability
Uganda Aquatics president Moses Mwase is engaging swimming clubs like Imara Aquatics and Tumaini to establish proper governance structures, requiring legal registration and professional checklists. The initiative aims to enhance stability, accountability, and alignment with federation standards amid ongoing debates over club membership. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/other-sport/uganda-aquatics-moves-to-help-clubs-with-governance--5444320
Uganda’s swimming scene faces persistent questions about club membership: are they the swimmers, coaches, or funding parents? Different clubs handle this variably, often leading to instability as interests shift in this individual sport.
Some clubs originated with coaches treating others as clients, while parent-led ones limit membership to founders. When swimmers age out, governance gaps emerge, prompting in-house fixes, early exits, or new splits.
To counter this, Uganda Aquatics (UAq) president Moses Mwase is mandating clubs register as legal entities. Following a governance session with Imara Aquatics at Rovis Complex, Ntinda on April 25, he scheduled one with Tumaini for May 1.
The Imara meeting, hosted by chairman Michael Bwisho, covered UAq regulations and club integration. Mwase emphasized leadership engagements, professional checklists, assemblies, athlete committees, safeguarding policies, and strategic plans mirroring UAq’s.
“We want to support stability… so that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past,” Mwase stated, advocating parent involvement for accountability.
Imara drew expertise from Amersham Swimming and Diving Club’s Andy Press on sustainable practices, Clifford Mugerwa on branding and communications, and Caroline Egesa on corporate governance.
Bwisho praised the partnership: “The federation has received its fair share of criticism but… the issues certainly start with us at club level.”