Gladys ZAWEDDE
Two Ugandans have been appointed among the 39 officials for the U20 CECAFA Championship scheduled to kick off on 22nd November to 6th December in Tanzania.
Engineer William Oloya will officiate as a referee while Emmanuel Okudra will work as an assistant referee.
Nine countries will take part in the tournament grouped in three groups.
Group B has Uganda, Burundi and South Sudan.
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Group A has hosts Tanzania, Somalia and Djibouti.
While group C consists of Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan.
The champion will respresent the CECAFA region in the AFCON U-20 championship to be played in Mauritania.
Officials
General Coordinators
Victor Lwal (South Sudan), Baraka Kizunguti (Tanzania)
Assistant general Coordinators
Yacoub Elmi (Djibouti), Issam Shanan (Sudan)
Refereeing Committee Members
Chairman: Celestine Ntangugira( Rwanda)
Instructor/coordinator
Leisle Liunda (Tanzania)
Member: Slyvester Kirwa Kenya
Match Commissioners
Amable Habimana (Burundi), Elfaith Bani (Sudan), Makur Majok( South Sudan), Omar Muhammed Nur(Somalia)
Referees
William Oloya (Uganda), Martin Sanya(Tanzania), Chief Florentina Zablon (Tanzania), Houssein Mansour Saddam (Djibouti), Malong Ring( South Sudan), Mogos Teklu( Eritrea), Hussein Ahmed Hassan (Somalia), Tadese Belay (Ethiopia), Nsoro Ruzindana( Rwanda), Mpaima Israel (Kenya), Eltreefe Elsiddig (Sudan)
Assistant Referees
Emmanuel Okudra (Uganda), Fides Bangurambona( Burundi), Ahmed Liban Abdourazak (Djibouti), Mohammed Mkono( Tanzania), Hellen Mduma ( Tanzania), George Primato Olibo( South Sudan),Desire Nkurunziza(Burundi), Joshua Achila( Kenya),Balechew Tiglo (Ethiopia), Ahmed Omer Hamid (Sudan), Mohamed Nour Abdi (Somalia), Raymond Nonati Bwiliza( Rwanda),Ghebreslase Yohaness Tewelde (Eritrea)
Instructors and assessors
FIFA instructor: Ali Ahmed (Somalia)
Assesor: Soudi Abdi (Tanzania)
Fitness instructor (Venue A): Stephen Oduor Okoth( Kenya)
Fitness instructor: Venue B: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)