FIFA has warned Uganda to avoid government interference in its football, another African federation to be threatened with an international ban after Cameroon was recently suspended for three weeks for political involvement, AP reported. FUFA chief executive Edgar Watson said Tuesday that the world body warned Uganda's government in a letter, with copies also sent to FUFA and the Confederation of African Football. "The letter said (the government) should not tamper with the current process of FUFA," Watson said. A Ugandan government minister wants to reform some of FUFA's rules, while FUFA said FIFA's warning was "the climax" of a long-running feud between the federation and the government. Any FIFA ban might affect Uganda's place in World Cup qualifying, where the East African nation must beat Senegal away in September to make the playoffs for Brazil. FIFA's warning to Uganda is the latest in a catalog of problems for African football this year, where top federations have been suspended or sanctioned and match-fixing again has made headlines. Cameroon's football federation was suspended on July 4 for government interference following a contested election last month. Long-standing FECAFOOT President Mohammed Iya was re-elected in a landslide victory on June 19 despite being under arrest for alleged financial misconduct relating to the loss of about $19 million while he was in charge of a company. FIFA lifted its suspension of Cameroon - Africa's first World Cup quarterfinalist in 1990 - on Monday, but the ban had already affected the African Champions League and African Nations Championship, where games were postponed because club Coton Sport and Cameroon's national team were not allowed to play. A temporary "normalization committee" has taken charge of Cameroon football until fresh elections.
