The national U17 team head coach Layrea Kingston has confirmed Owen Mukisa as captain of the Uganda Cubs for the Total Energies AFCON men’s U17 CECAFA region qualifiers that start today in Ethiopia.
Mukisa, who features for the Vipers SC junior team, has led the squad from the residential camp in Jeru through to the team’s travel and settlement in Ethiopia. His leadership has impressed Kingston and the entire technical team who have described his influence as dependable and consistent.
Kingston also named KCCA FC striker Ismail Fahad and Vipers junior team defender Travor Mubiru as assistant captains.
‘Whenever naming captains on my team, I focus on the ones that have positive influence on the team on and off the pitch, in terms of giving all on the field and holding the team together and accountable off the pitch. And the three have proved to me and the entire team here that they are capable of this. I always pick three of them and the reason is when the team have to make decisions, we should always have majority on that two to one,’ Kingston said.
Uganda begins the regional title defence today with an opening group B fixture against Burundi at 8.00 pm East Africa Time at Dire Dawa Stadium in the eastern city of Dire Dawa.
The Cubs will then face Sudan on Tuesday 18th November 2025 and Tanzania on Friday 21st November 2025 before concluding the group campaign against Djibouti on 27th November 2025.
