In the Saturday Monitor of November 22, 2025, my friend Isaac Walukagga, responded to my concerns about SC Villa’s current rudderless situation.
Before I dig into the gist of the article, I found it conspicuous that he signed off as an ordinary SC Villa fan yet in reality, he holds a management role as an executive committee member in charge of legal and constitutional affairs.
Beyond that deception, the article was a masterclass in how to avoid simple, direct queries. I raised issues of accountability, strategy and legality. In return, Walukagga offered personal attacks, historical digressions and a plea to blindly trust an executive that continues to overstay its mandate.
It is sad that the club’s legal mind chooses to create a veil rather than an illumination on the state of affairs. Let me be clear; my core questions remain unanswered because the current administration has no answers for them.
For instance, Walukagga confirms the club received “slightly above Shs 3bn” and boasts that it is now “way above” that amount due to good management. This is not a defence but it is an admission. He admits the club has no income stream and that gate collections are meagre.
Yet, he proudly states that the ‘slightly-above’ Shs 3bn, a compensation from Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) for Villa Park partial demolition, is sitting in a bank account. Honestly, this is not prudent management; it is a dereliction of duty.
What is the specific, club-approved plan for this money? In which bank is it held? What is the exact figure, with interest, today? The fans, the true owners of Villa, deserve to know.
Meanwhile, calling me “obsessed with spending” is a cheap trick to hide the fact that the current management is terrified of investing. A real leader has a vision to multiply capital, not just preserve it.
This money was compensation for our home. Its purpose was to rebuild, not to be turned into a sacred, untouchable relic while we train on rented land at East High School in Ntinda. Most damningly, Walukagga’s entire reply ignores the most serious allegation, which is the fact that the current executive is operating on an expired mandate.
He talks of meetings and collective responsibility but is silent on the fact that their term constitutionally ended many months ago. You cannot claim to be a legitimate leader while illegally occupying your position.
This isn’t an “arm-chair view”; it is a legal fact. As a lawyer, he should know that any decision made by this illegitimate board, including on the ‘slightly above’ Shs 3 billion, is open to legal challenge.
This is a grave risk to the administration, and they have no answer for it. So, feeling unable to defend the present, Walukagga attacked my past. He brings up Lusaka Commodities and the SC Villa Jogoo trademark.
Let me address this plainly: if the club owes a verified debt, it should pay. The onus is on the current management, as it has been for years, to properly verify and settle its accounts, not use the lack of paperwork as a permanent excuse.
For the record, the Shs 300m loan Villa got from Lusaka Commodities was signed by then club executives, including Tofa Musoke and Salim Semanda while officials such as Meddie Nsereko, Mutiibwa were witnesses
As for the trademark, yes, it was registered during a different era. But what has this executive done in its entire term to resolve the issue? Nothing but complain. A serious leadership would have engaged, negotiated or challenged this legally to reclaim the club’s identity.
Instead, they use it as a talking point to deflect from their own inaction. Meanwhile, under my tenure between 2014-2018, we returned Villa to the continent and raised the Ugandan flag high, losing just one of six continental games. From then on, Villa only got to win the league in 2023.
As a diehard, I celebrated that achievement as fervently as any fan. But winning a title does not absolve a leadership of its fundamental responsibilities. It is a peak, but what is the foundation? A team with no home, no sustainable income, and its future fund locked away in a bank [I hope this can be backed up with evidence] is not a team on a solid footing.
It is a house of cards. So, Walukagga mentions hiring a Serbian youth coach as a positive step. To me, it is just a tactic, not a strategy. The strategy is the long-term financial and infrastructural plan that the administration refuses to share with club stakeholders.
What’s more, Walukagga’s final plea to rally behind leaders who “donate” is the most telling admission of failure. SC Villa should not be surviving on donations. It should be thriving on a well-managed business model.
The ‘slightly above’ Shs 3bn was the seed for that model. By refusing to plant it, this execu- tive is ensuring the club will never truly bear fruit.
To the fans of SC Villa, the question is simple: do you trust an executive that hides your money, operates outside the law, and attacks critics instead of answering them?
I, for one, believe our great club deserves better than secrecy and excuses. It deserves transparency, legality and a bold vision worthy of its name. The author is a football investor and Villa President emeritus.
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