Kenya’s Petra Atieno to head Committee to organise CECAFA competitions

The Deputy President of Football Kenya Federation (FKF), Doris Petra Atieno has been selected to head a committee of Vice Presidents that will organize tournaments in the CECAFA region. Nicholas Musonye, the Secretary General of the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) made the announcement on Tuesday in Hurghada, Egypt after the 2019 CAF Awards.

Musonye explained that the new CECAFA Executive Board chaired by the President Wallace Karia decided to select a 5-man committee that will work together with the Chief Executive Officer to organise competitions on behalf of the CECAFA Executive Board.

The other Committee members include; Aimable Habimana (Burundi), Bani Ahmed Eltatih (Sudan), Justus Mugisha (Uganda) and Djibouti’s Eunice Ali.

Musonye said the CECAFA Executive Board agreed that the new committee to organize competitions be put in place before the end of next month so that they start working on the calender.

During the CECAFA General Assembly held in Kampala, Uganda last month it was agreed that the Zone will organize nine tournaments. The tournaments lined up include; AFCON U-17 Zonal qualifier, CECAFA Women’s Senior Challenge Cup (Rwanda), AFCON U-20 Zonal qualifier, CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup (Sudan), CECAFA U-20 Women’s Challenge Cup (Uganda), CECAFA U-16 Boys Challenge Cup (Djibouti), CECAFA Kagame Club Championship (Tanzania), CECAFA U-20 Boys Challenge Cup, and CECAFA U-17 Women’s Challenge Cup (Burundi).