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of Uganda
Football Associations
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COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
Date: 9th November 2012
CECAFA updates
Malawi beats Cameroon, Zimbabwe
to take Djibouti
slot
Malawi
will be the only guest team in this year’s CECAFA-Tusker Cup to be played in
Kampala starting November 24.
Three
countries including Cameroon
and Zimbabwe had earlier
showed interest in participating in the same tournament but the regional
organising committee has preferred Malawi. CECAFA General Secretary
Nicholas Musonye confirmed the development saying that Malawi has
always proved a well coordinated, disciplined and competitive side in these
tournaments. This will be the third consecutive time Malawi is participating as a guest
team since 2010.
Malawi replaces Djibouti, a member country that
pulled out of the tournament due to administrative challenges at home. Djibouti goes
to polls to elect a new FA President this Saturday under the supervision of the
FIFA officials. Cecafa referees committee member Houssein Waberi had by the
beginning of the week remained to sole candidate for the seat.
The
Cecafa-Tusker Cup draws will be conducted in Kampala on Monday. The other participating
countries are Tanzania,
South Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sudan,
Burundi, Eritrea, Somalia,
Zanzibar, Kenyai and hosts Uganda.
The
Somali National team arrives in Kampala
this Friday to camp here a head of the tournament kick off. An advance party
from Mogadishu is already in Kampala to make the necessary ground
preparations.
ROGERS MULINDWA
FUFA Head of Communications/
CECAFA Media officer
+256 772 751 829 / +256
701 520 115
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