The 2025 non elective General Assembly of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will take place in Juba, South Sudan.

Auka John Gecheo, the Executive Director of CECAFA disclosed that the South Sudan Football Association (SFFA) has agreed to host the Assembly.

“We are happy and glad that SSFA has come forward and offered to host the Assembly in Juba next year. The Assembly which will bring together all CECAFA Members will take place between January and February,” added Gecheo.

He made it clear that the Assembly will do a review of the past activities and also plan for the 2025 calendar.

This year alone CECAFA has organized the Dar Port Kagame Cup, the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA qualifiers and the Africa Cup of Nations U-20 CECAFA qualifiers. The Zone will also organize the CAF Schools Football Tournament CECAFA Zone and the Africa Cup of Nations U-17 CECAFA qualifiers next month.

CECAFA also managed to orgainse the Women’s Football leadership course in Ethiopia and the Match Coordinators workshop in Nairobi, Kenya.

Gen. Agustino Madout Parek, President of SSFA and Vice President of CECAFA has made it clear that they are prepared to host a successful Assembly.

This year Kenya hosted the CECAFA General Assembly on 16th, February, 2024 in Mombasa, while the 2-2023 Assembly took place in Zanzibar.

The 12 CECAFA members include; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea and Zanzibar.

_{Delegates have re-elected Tanzania’s Wallace Karia as the President of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).}

_{Karia was un-opposed during CECAFA’s Elective General Assembly held at Hotel Verde in Zanzibar on Friday.}

_{“Since Mr Karia is the only one who submitted for the position of President, he is un-opposed,” said the CECAFA Executive Director, Auka Gecheo in-front of representatives from all the 12 member countries.}

_{Karia, also the President of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) will serve for another four years together with his new team. Ethiopia’s Isayas Jira Bosho, Gen. Augustino Parek Maduot (South Sudan) and Burundi’s Alexandre Muyenge were also elected as Executive Committee members.}

_{Football Kenya Federation (KFF) acting President Doris Petra was also unopposed for position of Women representative on the Executive Committee. Later Karia using his judicial powers co-opted Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) President Olivier Mugabo Nizeyimana as the fourth Executive Committee Member, and selected Esayas to continue as the Vice President.}

_{Karia thanked all the members for the support and promised to take CECAFA to the next level. “We need to work as a team and make sure we send teams to participate in the tournaments we organize. I also encourage members to pay their annual subscription fees,” added Karia. The Assembly was also attended by CAF’s head of Zones Genan Mohamed Ihab Korra.}

_{The Member Association Presidents and General Secretaries from Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, South Sudan and Djibouti all attended the General Assembly.}

_{The Elective Assembly of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will take place on January 6th, 2023 at Hotel Verde in Zanzibar.}

_{The Assembly will elect the Zonal President, Four executive members and a woman representative.}

_{“I have already received six candidates who have shown interest in the elections. I have already communicated the names to all national associations and we only wait for the election day,” added Auka Gecheo.}

_{The secretariat has also received a proposal from the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) for CECAFA to have standing committees for Finance, Competitions and Women’s Football development.}

_{Outgoing CECAFA President Wallace Karia also President of the Tanzania Football Association will be seeking re-election. He is the only candidate who has shown interest for the position of President.}

_{The other candidates who will the executive committee slots include; Isayas Jira (President, Ethiopia Football Federation), Esayas Abraham (President, Eritrea Football Federation), Augustino Parek Maduot (President, South Sudan Football Association) and Alexandre Muyenge (President, Burundi Football Federation). Federation of Kenya Football (FKF) Acting President is the only candidate for the women representative e vying}

_{“The elections will be looking to fill the position of Zonal President and four EXCOM members. Subject to the ratification of the general Assembly and CAF Approval, the General Assembly will also be looking to fill the newly created EXCOM position of Women representative,” added Gecheo.}

_{The 12 members of CECAFA include; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti and Zanzibar.}

_{The Elective Ordinary Assembly of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will take place on January 6th, 2023 in Zanzibar.}

_{The decision was made on Thursday during the CECAFA Extra Ordinary Assembly held at the Ewa Hotel in Khartoum, Sudan}

_{“I am glad that the Assembly has agreed that the Elective Assembly takes place in Zanzibar,” said the CECAFA Executive Director, Auka Gecheo.}

_{During the Extra Ordinary Assembly which was also graced by FIFA officials managing the FIFA Regional Office for Eastern Africa in Kigali, Rwanda Davis Ndayisenga and Abigail Lemma Haileichael, the CECAFA President, Wallace Karia said it is important as members in the Zone to work together.}

_{“We always need to work together as members in the Zone and take them to CAF as a block,” said Karia. The members of the Assembly also agreed that they write to CAF to amend the tough rule where a whole team is sent out of a Boys U-17 tournament if even one player fails a Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test.}

_{The Assembly also approved a proposal to amendment of the CECAFA constitution and passed the financial reports for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.}

_{Tanzania also accepted to be on stand by to host the CAF Pan African Schools tournament in December this year since there is an Ebola scare in Uganda. “We are ready to host the Schools tournament incase Uganda cannot,” said the Vice President of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), Athumani Nyamlani.}

_{The members in the Assembly also agreed that they pick the two members from the CECAFA Zone from Rwanda and Somalia already serving on the CAF referees Committee and also send three names for the Women. CAF requested Member Associations to send names of persons who will be considered when picking the referees committee.}

_{Dr. Mutasim Jaafar Sarkhatm, President of the Sudan Football Association (SFA) said they are happy to be hosting the U-20 AFCON qualifying tournament and the Extra Ordinary Assembly as well. He also congratulated South Sudan for qualifying for the U-17 and U-20 AFCON.}

_{The Extra Ordinary Assembly was attended by delegates from Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Burundi, Uganda, Djibouti and Zanzibar, Kenya did not send a representative because they are still serving a FIFA suspension.}