Maroons starman Nunda celebrates certainly one of his targets at Kiira Highway Area (Photograph/Courtesy)

David GOMBE 

Emmanuel Janan Okech’s second-half objective earned Blacks Energy a 1–0 victory over Police FC of their Uganda Premier League contest at Hoima Stadium on Wednesday.

Blacks Energy, beneath the stewardship of former Police FC head coach Simon Peter Mugerwa, had been concentrating on a second consecutive win.

The Cops, who had secured a sponsorship deal value Shs1.35 billion with Yaobai Cement Karamoja for 3 years on Tuesday, had been additionally aiming for an additional win following their 1-0 victory over Mbarara Metropolis final week.

Blacks Energy had been compelled right into a double change with Nathan Oloro changing Andrea Ogwal within the ninth minute earlier than Elias Paul Emojori Oonyu got here on for injured Oscar Otim within the thirty seventh minute.

5 minutes after the recess, Okech gave the hosts the lead and it was sufficient to safe most factors and one other clear sheet following the same win over fellow newcomers Ntugasaze of their first recreation.

Mugerwa’s males at the moment are third within the standings with six factors, whereas Police are sixth with three factors from two matches.

Elsewhere: Maroons Hit Three Previous Ntugasaze

Within the different recreation performed on Wednesday, Maroons powered previous newcomers Ntugasaze 3-1.

Jackson Nunda and Marvin Oshaba had been heading in the right direction for the guests, scoring the three targets, whereas Ronald Kaye received the comfort for the league debutants.

Maroons completed the sport with ten males following Edward Kabona’s purple card within the last minutes of the competition.

Ntugasaze stay winless, whereas Maroons registered their first win of the marketing campaign, having misplaced 2-1 to URA FC of their first recreation of the season.