COUNCIL OF EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATIONS CECAFA

The CECAFA Congress convening here at Four Point Hotel in Nairobi City this Saturday December 2^nd 2017 has elected the five new Executive Committee members to run the region’s top football office for the next two calendar years.

The five who have been unanimously elected will now join CECAFA President Eng. Mutasim Gafar (Sudan) whose constitutional term runs till November 2019. These include Abdiqaani Arab Said (Somalia), Aimable Habimana (Burundi), Juneid Basha Tilmo (Ethiopia), Wallace Karia (Tanzania) and Doris Petra a woman representative hailing from Kenya.

The race that had earlier attracted eight candidates had Eng. Moses Magogo (Uganda), Vincent Nzamwita (Rwanda) and Kourecha Ali Gued from Djibouti withdrawing their candidature just minutes before the polls.

CECAFA COMPETITIONS:

The Congress emphasized the need to have annual tournaments and the following member federations have offered to host the 2018 events as below.

*No.*	*TOURNAMENT*	*COUNTRY*
01	*Beech Soccer & Women*	*Uganda*
02	*Kagame Cup*	*Djibouti*
03	*Youth U17*	*Tanzania*
04	*Youth U20*	*Sudan/Kenya*

This year’s delayed CECAFA WomenCup will still take place in Rwanda early next year. The hosts for the Senior Challenge Cup 2018 will be decided at a later date. Ten out of twelve countries participated except Sudan and Eritrea.

Rogers Mulindwa

CECAFA Media Manager

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Member countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar.