_{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 elections for new office bearers for the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will take place during the Elective General Assembly slated for January 6th, 2023 in Zanzibar.}

_{Auka Gecheo, the CECAFA Executive Director confirmed on December 6th, 2022 that the CECAFA Elective General Assembly will take place at Hotel Verde Zanzibar.}

_{According to the programme the members will also discuss and ratify the CECAFA competitions and the calendar for 2023/2024, they will also receive, discuss and ratify a proposal on the amendments of the CECAFA Statues,  appoint auditors, receive and peruse the CECAFA Financial Reports for the Years 2022.}

_{The General Assembly which will have two members represent each of the 12 members will see the President, Vice Presidents, Members of the Executive Committee and chairpersons of the Standing Committees of the Zone elected.}

_{Wallace Karia, also President of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) is the current President of CECAFA, while Francis Amin (South Sudan) is the 1st Vice President and Isayas Jira, also the President of the Ethiopia Football Federation (EFF) is the 2nd Vice President.}

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

_{The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) will hold an Extra Ordinary General Assembly on November 10th, 2022 in Khartoum, Sudan.}

_{Auka Gecheo, the CECAFA Executive Director says they decided to have the Assembly on the sidelines of the U-20 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers for the CECAFA Zone.}

_{The Assembly which will be chaired by the CECAFA President, Wallace Karia will take place at the Omdurman Hall in Ewa Hotel.}

_{Gecheo says matters to be handled include; receiving the report on the regional activities to date, receive CECAFA financial reports for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and also to consider changes to the statutes of CECAFA.}

_{Kenya who are still suspended by FIFA will miss the Assembly. The other  CECAFA members expected to attend the Assembly include; Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Zanzibar.}