Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) executive committee will today meet with all first division club presidents to discuss the problem of witchcraft (juju) in local football.
The meeting, which will take place at the federation headquarters, will also mull the possibility of enacting a law to curb the increasing cases of witchcraft during league games.
The development follows last Friday’s incident during the league match between Mukura Victory Sports and Rayon Sport at Huye stadium that saw players on both sides clash over alleged use of witchcraft by Mukura VS.
Rwandan football has been awash with reports of witchcraft use right from the top to lower division clubs. Currently, FERWAFA has no standing law to deal with such cases.
Speaking to Times Sport in an exclusive interview, FERWAFA vice president Vedasite Kayiranga revealed that following the Mukura incident, the local football governing body has decided to call for an extraordinary meeting with all first division clubs to discuss the issue of witchcraft in football.
“In FERWAFA statutes we don’t have any law punishing the use of witchcraft because there is nowhere in the world where it has been proven that it can influence the outcome of a game. However, with the violence between players because of allegations that one team is using it, we have decided to enact laws,” said Kayiranga.
