Jinja Giants Secure Regional Place In School Football Tournament

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Uganda football March 24, 2022

In the ongoing Jinja District Secondary School football tournament, a semifinal match got delayed for over an hour on Wednesday.

This happened to allow a school to appeal against an expulsion out of the tournament.

In the round of 16 on Tuesday, Kakira SS lost 2-1 to Nile High School. However, they sanctioned Nile High after Kakira SS submitted evidence pinning a player for being a non-bona fide student.

But lightning struck twice, the second time more decisively, as 2-1 losers Kakira SS showed up with a Fufa regional football licence of one of the fielded players.

Apparently, he played under the name of Reuben Lubwama.

Ronald Edward Magezi, chief executive of the Jinja District Football Association on Tuesday supported the petition. He sent the coordinator of the district secondary schools games a letter indicating that Lubwama was actually Reuben Ernest Obo.

He said Reuben is a licensed player playing with Blaq Fuego, a regional club.

Officials also said the ban slapped on Nile High should send a strong message against other schools using ‘Cubans’ – a slang for non-student players.

Daniel Musota, the chairperson of the organizing committee, warned those involved in corrupt tendencies to watch out.

“All we want is evidence and to back up the allegations in these petitions and we will act,” he said in response to allegations that some school officials were offering as much as Shs2m to silence petitions against their team.

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