Uganda Cranes Regional Tours:
Saturday, 25th June 2016
Eastern Regional Team Vs Uganda Cranes
At Mbale Regional Stadium, 4:00 p.m (Live on 102.1 FUFA f.m)
Eastern Regional Team Vs Uganda Cranes – Mbale Regional Stadium
The delegation of Uganda Cranes that left Kampala on Friday morning has arrived safely in Mbale.
Using the Uganda Cranes bus, the team departed from Sky Hotel Kampala at 10 a.m and arrived at 2 p.m.
Eastern region delegate Latif Mafuko and Mbale District Football Association chairperson Isaac Musiiwa received the delegation that was led by FUFA Executive Committee member, Samuel Mpiima.
The team then had lunch as they checked in at Mbale Resort Hotel.
Mpiima told www.fufa.co.ug that the team traveled well and expect the best in the match against the Eastern region side.
We traveled well with the Police lead car guiding well.
Football fans in the Eastern region should expect the best football from the Uganda Cranes team.
I therefore urge the fans to come in big numbers on Saturday at Mbale Municipal Stadium

They conducted a last training session at the Mbale Municipal stadium later in the evening.
Uganda Cranes has previously conducted regional tours in the Western, North East, Northern, Kitara and West Nile regions.
The regional tours are meant to give the football fans an opportunity to watch their favourite Uganda Cranes stars in action in their respective localities.

Uganda Cranes main sponsors Airtel Uganda Limited and the team’s other partner Nile Breweries jointly sponsor the Uganda Cranes’ regional tours.
Uganda Cranes players in Mbale:
Goalkeepers: Ismail Watenga (Vipers), James Alitho (Vipers),
Defenders: Nicholas Wadada (Vipers), Joseph Nsubuga (Bright Stars), Isaac Muleme (SC Villa), Joseph Ochaya (KCCA), Murshid Juuko (Simba, Tanzania), Hassan Wasswa Mawanda (Al Shorta, Iraq), Shafiq Bakaki (Vipers), Halid Lwaliwa (Vipers), Rashid Toha (Onduparaka)
Midfielders: Denis Iguma (Al Ahed, Lebanon), Deus Bukenya (Vipers), Bernard Muwanga (Bright Stars), Yassar Mugerwa (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), Gadafi Wahabu (Onduparaka), Kezironi Kizito (Vipers), Martin Kizza (SC Villa), Dan Birikwalira (Vipers)
Forwards: Edrisa Lubega (Proline), Erisa Ssekisambu (Vipers), Muhammed Shaban (Onduparaka)