Gacheo takes over as new CECAFA Executive Director

Former SuperSport East Africa General Manager, John Auka Gacheo as been ushered in as the new Executive Director of the Council of East and central African Football Associations (CECAFA). He takes over from another Kenyan Nicholas Musonye who has been the Secretary General.

The out-going Secretary General Musonye handed over to Gacheo in a ceremony that took place on Wednesday morning at the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) headquarters in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The post of executive director was created after the CECAFA Status was amended after advice from the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF).

Wallace Karia, the CECAFA and TFF President witnessed the ceremony. Karia thanked Musonye for the work well done over the year and also welcomed Gacheo to the CECAFA family.

“I am happy that I have served CECAFA for the last 21 years. Gacheo has worked around football for a very long time and I am confident he has what it takes to steer Cecafa to the next level,” said Musonye.

The new Executive Director is now expected to plan with the competitions team to fix dates for the nine tournaments the region is meant to host this year.

Besides Tanzania which will host the CECAFA Kagame Club Championships, Rwanda and Sudan will host the Zonal qualifiers for the AFCON U-17 and U-20 respectively.

Djibouti for the first time will also host the CECAFA U-16 Boys Challenge Cup, while Burundi hosts the CECAFA U-20 Challenge Cup and the CECAFA U-17 Women’s Challenge Cup.

Uganda will host the inaugural CECAFA U-20 Women’s Challenge Cup, while Rwanda will also host the CECAFA Women’s Challenge Cup.