Uganda’s official delegate to this year’s Cecafa General assembly, Justus Mugisha faces a stiff competition in the race for the slot on the Cecafa executive committee. Seven oth Uganda’s official delegate to this year’s Cecafa General assembly, Justus Mugisha faces a stiff competition in the race for the slot on the Cecafa executive committee.
Seven other candidates have already filled and returned the nomination forms to the General Secretary Nicholas Musonye. The official list of candidates released by Musonye this Thursday morning has six new entrants and two incumbents. There are only four slots on the executive committee being competed for by the eight delegates. Abdiqani Saeed Arab (Somalia) and Uganda’s Justus Mugisha are the only two candidates seeking re-election for another term. Sudanese Federation is floating Tariq Atta Salih while Burundi’s FA president Lydia Nsekera has opted not to contest instead brings in Abubakar Nkejimana. Others in the race include Eritrean FA president Tesfaye Gebreyesus, Sahilu Wolde (Ethiopia), Ali Hafidh Tahir (Zanzibar) and Raoul Gisanura from Rwanda.
The elections are scheduled for November 24 in Dar es salaam City, Tanzania. In another related development, Tanzania’s FA president, Eng. Leodgar Tenga has also got a challenger for the chairmanship of the regional seat. Tenga seeks re-election for a second term in office but will have to tussle it out with his outgoing vice chairperson Fadoul Hussein from Djibouti. (Rogers Mulindwa-Cecafa Media Officer) er candidates have already filled and returned the nomination forms to the General Secretary Nicholas Musonye.
The official list of candidates released by Musonye this Thursday morning has six new entrants and two incumbents. There are only four slots on the executive committee being competed for by the eight delegates. Abdiqani Saeed Arab (Somalia) and Uganda’s Justus Mugisha are the only two candidates seeking re-election for another term. Sudanese Federation is floating Tariq Atta Salih while Burundi’s FA president Lydia Nsekera has opted not to contest instead brings in Abubakar Nkejimana.
Others in the race include Eritrean FA president Tesfaye Gebreyesus, Sahilu Wolde (Ethiopia), Ali Hafidh Tahir (Zanzibar) and Raoul Gisanura from Rwanda. The elections are scheduled for November 24 in Dar es salaam City, Tanzania.
In another related development, Tanzania’s FA president, Eng. Leodgar Tenga has also got a challenger for the chairmanship of the regional seat. Tenga seeks re-election for a second term in office but will have to tussle it out with his outgoing vice chairperson Fadoul Hussein from Djibouti.
(Rogers Mulindwa-Cecafa Media Officer)
