Magogo declares main enhancements in Uganda Cranes Welfare
David GOMBE
FUFA President Moses Magogo has introduced plenty of enhancements within the welfare and logistical help for the senior nationwide workforce, the Uganda Cranes, following engagements with Authorities.
Beneath the brand new preparations, Uganda Cranes gamers primarily based exterior the nation travelling for greater than 4 hours will journey enterprise class.
A brand new workforce bus can even be offered for the Uganda Cranes, whereas chartered flights shall be used for back-to-back fixtures the place relevant.
Magogo additionally introduced an settlement for the nationwide workforce to remain in five-star motels whereas tenting in Uganda or overseas every time attainable, as a part of efforts to enhance the workforce’s requirements.
“We’ve additionally agreed that every time the nationwide workforce is tenting in Uganda or exterior, it has to remain in a 5 star lodge,” Magogo mentioned.
The Federation has additionally secured improved bonuses and allowances for the senior nationwide workforce.
“We’ve improved on our bonuses and allowances to the senior workforce and as quickly as they arrive from Tunisia, we may have a gathering with the gamers and talk to them,” he revealed.
The FUFA President confirmed that gamers who participated in Uganda’s qualification marketing campaign for AFCON 2025 will obtain a pro-rata qualification bonus of USD 10,000 every, following discussions with Authorities.
“You might be conscious that whereas we had been in Morocco for 2025 AFCON, the senior nationwide gamers protested and challenged that having made the workforce qualify for AFCON 2025 they weren’t paid the qualification bonus. We’ve engaged with the federal government and I can affirm that the federal government has accepted to pay each participant who participated in qualifying the workforce to AFCON 2025 is paid $10000,” Magogo confirmed.
Replace on Diaspora Gamers
The FUFA President additionally offered an replace on the Federation’s ongoing efforts to determine Ugandan gamers born or primarily based overseas who’re eligible to characterize Uganda.
He mentioned FUFA officers, Authorities officers and the Uganda Cranes head coach have travelled to totally different international locations to fulfill gamers, dad and mom and brokers as a part of the method.
The gamers being recognized embody those that qualify via Ugandan descent or via the relevant eligibility laws primarily based on their household or hometown.
The method, he defined, is prolonged, with totally different gamers anticipated to develop into obtainable in the course of the September, October, November and March worldwide home windows and past.
“Work has been achieved and we’ve been doing this work for over a yr. Work has been achieved and prior to later we’ll begin seeing a few of these gamers,” Magogo mentioned.
He appealed to the media and Ugandans to welcome the gamers as they be part of the nationwide workforce.
“Allow us to welcome them. A few of them have by no means been to Uganda. Some have been coming to Uganda with out essentially being a part of soccer.”
The President famous that a number of the gamers may additionally want time to adapt to Uganda and its tradition, provided that they’ve grown up exterior the nation.
Uganda Cranes, is at the moment in camp in Tunis forward of the AFCON 2027 qualifier in opposition to Tunisia and can then return dwelling to face Libya in Hoima on twenty ninth September 2026 at 7pm for the primary ever AFCON qualifier is performed exterior Kampala.
