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Ugandan President Museveni promises to support CECAFA
The Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promised to financially support one of the tournaments on the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) calendar.
Museveni said this on Friday at the StateHouse in Entebbe during the visit of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) President, Dr. Patrice Motsepe.
Dr. Motsepe was accompanied by the Ugandan Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Anita Among, FUFA President Moses Hassim Magogo and the CECAFA Prsident Wallace Karia among others.
During his speech Karia thanked Museveni for the continuously support he has given football and requested that he also supports one of the CECAFA tournaments. Museveni answered in affirmative that he will support one of the CECAFA tournaments.
President went ahead to ask the CECAFA boss how much support they would require for one of the tournaments. Museveni also made it clear that they are yet to make real support to football.
The CAF President, Dr. Motsepe thanked the government of Uganda and FUFA under the leadership of Moses Hassim Magogo for the work they are doing in developing football in the country.
he also made it clear that he will support Uganda and Tanzania if they put in a joint bid to host the 2027 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
“I was told that Uganda and Tanzania are keen to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in these two beautiful countries. As the President of CAF, I have to support all the 54 Member Associations equally and must say that I would personally not only just welcome but encourage a joint hosting bid between these two countries because it will make a huge contribution to football development in Uganda and Tanzania. This region (CECAFA) has not hosted Africa Cup of Nations before and it would be a good move to both Uganda and Tanzania not only in promoting football development but also other areas like tourism, investment and trade,” added Dr. Motsepe who also visited other CECAFA members Ethiopia and South Sudan last week.
Already the Rwanda President, Paul Kagame supports the regional Kagame Club Championship, while the Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan also came on board starting last year to support the CECAFA Women’s Champions League.
Tanzania have picked a 2-1 win against Eswatini in a Group C match played on Wednesday afternoon at the on-going 2025 Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup.
Going into the game, Tanzania had already been eliminated after Madagascar led the Group with 4 points, while Taifa Stars was bottom after losing their opening match.
But Taifa Stars playing for pride went all out to ensure they picked a win. Andy Junior Magagula gave Eswatini the lead after 29 minutes at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Iddy Seleman Nado leveled matters after 37 minutes.
In the 69th minute Tanzania made it 2-1 after Shekhani Khamis’ shot slipped through the arms of Eswatini’s goalkeeper Bongiswa Dlamini.
Hemed Suleiman, Taifa Stars head coach said that the three matches they played had helped his team prepare ahead of upcoming matches. Before the match today Tanzania settled for a goalless draw against South Africa in an International friendly match, and lost 1-0 to Madagascar in the opening tie of the Hollywoodbets COSAFA Cup.
Group C winners Madagascar will now advance to play Angola, while South Africa face Comoros at the semi-final stage.
Former Uganda Cranes captain Ibrahim Sekagya has been promoted to the role of assistant coach of Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls FC.
“Ibrahim Sekagya has been promoted to a full-time First Team Assistant Coach. Ibra will join the first team immediately and coach his final at New York Red Bulls II match will be on June 15 vs Chattanooga FC,” announced the Club on Tuesday.
Sekagya has been serving as the head coach for the reserve team (New York Red Bulls II) in the MLS Next Pro League since February 2023.
“We are pleased to add Ibra [Sekagya] to our first team coaching staff on a full-time basis,” said Head of Sport Jochen Schneider.
“He has led the development of many great players at NYRB II and have led the team to a great start to the 2025 MLS NEXT Pro season. He has earned this opportunity, and we are grateful to have him as a part of this organization.”
The former KCC FC defender in the Ugandan Premier League will have the opportunity to coach the New York Red Bulls FC team he featured for between 2013-2014 after moving from sister club New York Red Bulls Salzburg.
After the announcement made by the Major League Soccer side, Sekagya went to his X (former Twitter) handle and posted, “It’s with great pleasure!
Harambee Stars have picked a 2-1 win against Chad in an international friendly match played at the Stade de Marrakech in Morocco.
Emmanuel Osoro gave Kenya the lead after 18 minutes. He made no mistake finishing off a cross by Ben Omondi.
Chad who managed to hold Kenya to a goalless draw in the first match few days ago tried to push forward to find goals, but failed to penetrate the Harambee Stars defending line.
At the stroke of half time David Sakwa made it 2-0 for Kenya. But after the interval Chad intensified their search for goals and were rewarded after 60 minutes through Ali Mahamat Adam.
The win also marked head coach Benni McCarthy’s first victory from four matches since taking charge of the team in March this year.
Harambee Stars used the two friendly matches to prepare ahead of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Nations Championships (CHAN) 2025 to be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Meanwhile, Burundi also registered a goalless draw against Mauritania in an international friendly match played in Morocco on Tuesday evening.
Uganda Cranes settled for a 1-1 draw in international match played against The Gambia on Monday night at the Stade de Marrakech Annexe in Morocco.
Smarting form a 3-0 defeat to Cameroon few days ago, Coach Paul Put’s team came all out in search of early goals.
After 25 minutes Roger Mato put Uganda Cranes ahead, but The Gambia replied with a penalty converted by Alasana Manneh after 45 minutes.
In the second half the two teams made some changes and pushed forward to try and get more goals. Uganda’s goalkeeper Ismail Watenga was replaced by Joel Mutakubwa after sustaining an injury.
In another international match played by a team from the CECAFA Zone Rwanda suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Algeria. The Amavubi suffered defeat by a similar margin to the same team few days ago.
On Tuesday Kenya’s Harambee Stars will face Chad, while Burundi take on Mauritania.
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