Football Here is Meant For Passion Not Business- Former Arua Hill SC Chairman Jaffer Joel Aita Explains Exit

Jaffer Joel Aita Reflects on Exit from Football .

By Joel Aita, Former Arua Hill SC Chairman

Former Arua Hill SC chairman Jaffer Joel Aita, who stepped away from football almost three years ago, has spoken out again amid reports of investor Musa Ategenda exiting the Ugandan game and as his former side Wakiso Giants FC were relegated to the Regional League.

GREAT APPRECIATION
“My brother @atagenda, you have done well. I appreciate your great effort for Ugandan football.”

“I studied football for three years. Football here is meant only for passion, not business. The infrastructure is built not to make clubs prosper financially.

“When the sale of my player, Media Innocent, to my Turkish partners was frustrated and fought left, right, and centre, I knew it was time to leave. The night I left football, for the first time I slept until 7 a.m. Before that, at 3 a.m. my eyes would be open. Now a private citizen.

“The last nail on the coffin came when, now a former minister, asked a sponsor to withdraw from a UGX 1.5 billion per year main sponsorship on the day we were signing the five-year contract.”

Wakiso Giants FC were officially relegated to the Regional League from the FUFA Big League yesterday.

Jaffer Joel Aita served as club chairman of former StarTimes Uganda Premier League side Arua Hill SC.

Arua Hill were relegated to the Big League in the 2023-24 season, and in the 2024-25 campaign they dropped again to the Regional League due to financial constraints.