By Andrew Jackson Oryada BBC Sport Online in Kampala

The Football Associations of Uganda and Kenya have said they are happy with the two-year Fifa suspension on Farah Addo, the president of the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (Cecafa).

The controversial Addo was suspended by Fifa on Monday after a meeting of its disciplinary committee.

Ugandan FA president Denis Obua said he was pleased with the decision, as it would give Cecafa time to re-organise their house.

He had become a liability to regional and continental soccer and an impediment to its development Kenya FA secretary Hussein Swaleh

"A lot of things have been going out of hand because of Addo," said Obua, who is also on the Cecafa and Caf committees.

"But now we can sit down and bring our heads together."

Abbey Lutaya, secretary general of Uganda's National Council of Sports (NCS), said it was a timely sanction by Fifa.

"Addo has been an anti-Uganda critic during his reign at the helm of African soccer," said the veteran sports administrator.

Kenya's Football Federation secretary Hussein Swaleh added that he also endorsed the decision.

"He had become a liability to regional and continental soccer and an impediment to its development," said Swaleh.

"We in the region had in fact called a meeting for 14 March to suspend him because soccer in the region is poorly organised."

Fifa sanctioned Addo in relation to the comments he made in February 2002 citing irregular financial practices that were intended to assist the election of Sepp Blatter to the Fifa president in 1998.

He had also made accusations against executive committee member Mohamed Bin Hammam, of Qatar, and had questioned the integrity of Blatter.