Tanzania President Samia Suluhu applauds CECAFA Boss Wallace Karia

_{The President of the Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan has praised the President of the Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) and Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), Wallace Karia for the good work he is doing in developing football.}

_{She said this on Monday evening during a dinner organised at the State House in Dar es salaam to recognize Young Africans SC’s achievement of finishing second in the just concluded 2022/2023 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.}

_{Samia Suluhu Hassan thanked Karia for the good work and his team at TFF are doing together in developing football in Tanzania and the region.}

_{The CECAFA and TFF President thanked the Tanzania President for her continuous support of football. He also mentioned that four teams including Young Africans SC and Simba SC will represent Tanzania in the CAF competitions next season.}

_{During the same function Young African SC presented the Tanzania President with a silver medal they won when they finished second to USM Alger (Algeria).}

_{Eng. Hersi Said, the Young Africans SC President said without her visionary leadership and guidance by the Tanzanian President, the Club could not have reached far in the CAF Confederation Cup.}

_{“We value a lot motivation that you provided for buying each goal that we scored and the money was going direct to the players,” said Hersi who added that they will do whatever it takes to become the first club in the country to win a CAF title.}

_{The Tanzania President also chartered a plane for the Young Africans SC team, officials and some fans to travel to Algeria for the return leg of the Confederation Cup that the Tanzania giants won 1-0, but failed to lift the trophy on an away goals rule after USM Alger won the first leg 2-1 in Dar es salaam.}