
FUFA president Moses Magogo chats with Azam Media chief executive officer, Rhys Torrington during the ceremony to sign the $1.9m (sh5.4b) deal.
Azam are ready to broadcast the game involving Rwenshama and Sports Club Victoria University) at Nakivubo and the one where Soana will visit Jinja-based side BUL.
Champions KCCA will host Simba at the Phillip Omondi Stadium, Lugogo but the game is outside the firm?s broadcast schedule.
The Uganda Premier League (UPL) vice chairman David Sserebe revealed the club?s boycott position.
Sserebe was speaking after a meeting, at African in Kampala, that had representatives from 13 out of 16 clubs taking part in domestic soccer?s premier competition.
Simba, Bright Stars and Police were not represented at the meeting but rallied behind the move through e-mail messages.
Sserebe said: ?If these games are not broadcast live, the league will be suspended immediately.?
The official added that as UPL, they have not received any written document from court stopping Azam from broadcasting the games.
On Tuesday, Azam?s move to air a live broadcast of the game between SC Villa and Sadolin Paints at Nakivubo collapsed.
This is after the firm was reminded of a court injunction against the football governing body FUFA.
Recently, FUFA struck a deal with Azam TV. Under the deal, Azam acquired the naming and broadcast rights for the competition.
But UPL dismissed the arrangement insisting that they still own the television rights.
UPL?s partnership with the competition, that has over the last couple of years been dogged by a series of controversies, is due to end next year.
Friday: 4:30pm
Azam Premier League
BUL v Soana
Rwenshama v SCVU
KCCA v Simba
Shafik Ssenoga and Bruno Mugooda, The New Times


