About 60 boxers are due to meet President Museveni to discuss the current plight, highlighted by the unrest due to arbitrary arrests and the killing of their fellow Isaac Zebra Ssenyange last week.
Salim Uhuru, the Uganda Professional Boxing Commission (UPBC) president, wrote a letter to the President on January 2nd, requesting for a crisis meeting to resolve the tension.
Uhuru told our reporter that he met Museveni who granted his request to meet the boxers later this week.
Uhuru, who is eyeing the Kampala Central mayoral seat, added that poverty is what might tempt some boxers into being used in criminal acts.
Kenneth Omona, the Principal Private Secretary to the President, acknowledged the pending meeting, but did not specify the date.
Former Commonwealth champion Justin Juuko spent 19 days in detention, answering charges of treachery and illegal possession of firearms.
Juuko, a mobiliser for the opposition Forum for Democratic Change party, was released December 31st, after the General Court Martial withdrew the charges.
In his New Year address of the nation, Museveni admitted that Ssenyange was killed by security operatives.
Meanwhile, three more boxers have gone missing and one returned after being tortured in a detention centre.
