Confederation of African Football Level (CAF) ‘B’ License coaching programme has officially been opened on Tuesday 10th January by FUFA 2nd Vice President Darius Mugoye at FUFA Technical Center in Njeru.
The course is organized by FUFA under the auspices of continental football governing body CAF and Livingstone Kyambadde, Mujib Kasule, Jackson Nyima and Asuman Lubowa are among the resource personnel taking participants through various course modules.
FUFA Education boss Nyima Jackson disclosed that 50 persons registered for the two –week course, which will end on 22 January.
“In all, 50 coaches are taking part in the 2 week long course conducted by CAF local Instructors, myself then Asuman Lubowa, Mujib Kasule, and Livingstone Kyambadde.” Nyima said
Asuman Lubowa who is the gentleman behind all technical related issues said the course is examinable with practical, Oral and Theory
FUFA Technical Director Asuman Lubowa said “Oral and practical examinations will be conducted too by an International CAF Instructor who will be coming here soon. The course will run for the next two weeks”
He also added “This time round participants will answer their exams online. We are the pioneering country in this and we are proud I urge you coaches to embrace it.”
FUFA Chief Executive Officer Edgar Watson also used the platform to warn coaches over contract wrangles with their teams.
“Contractual problems between clubs and you coaches is becoming a serous cancer. This is because you don’t want to involve the federation while signing them but when you get problems with clubs you rush to us.” Watson cautioned coaches.
Edgar Watson also warned coaches about pre-determining match results.
There is a vice of match manipulation or match fixing hitting the game in the country but FUFA and FIFA we are coming out strongly on this I don’t want you to be culprits.
FUFA is planning to hold a sensitizing workshop about this.
Chief guest Darius Mugoye expressed his gratitude towards CAF for providing the opportunity to organise the course and asked coaches to embrace technology as well.
He said “We should embrace technology if we are to move with this fast growing world. With effect from this class, coaches will be doing their exams online and that is the way to go if we are to compete with those developed countries.”
He also took time to commend Uganda national football team “The Cranes” and goal keeper Dennis Onyango for lifting our country flag high in the just recently concluded Caf Glo Award.
“Let us give a round of applause to Uganda Cranes and Dennis Onyango for winning the CAF Glo awards that were held in Nigeria last week.
“This shows to you that we are doing some tremendous work and its not by mistake that all these are happening, No, we have worked for it and you coaches have played a great role either directly or indirectly”
