Magogo declares main enhancements in Uganda Cranes Welfare

David GOMBE

FUFA President Moses Magogo has introduced plenty of enhancements within the welfare and logistical assist for the senior nationwide workforce, the Uganda Cranes, following engagements with Authorities.

Below 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 may also 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 accommodations whereas tenting in Uganda or overseas at any time when potential, as a part of efforts to enhance the workforce’s requirements.

“We’ve additionally agreed that at any time when the nationwide workforce is tenting in Uganda or exterior, it has to remain in a 5 star resort,” Magogo stated.

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 can 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’re 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 verify 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 symbolize Uganda.

He stated FUFA officers, Authorities officers and the Uganda Cranes head coach have travelled to completely different nations to fulfill gamers, dad and mom and brokers as a part of the method.

The gamers being recognized embrace those that qualify by Ugandan descent or by the relevant eligibility laws primarily based on their household or place of origin.

The method, he defined, is prolonged, with completely different gamers anticipated to turn out to be obtainable through 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 ahead of later we’ll begin seeing a few of these gamers,” Magogo stated.

He appealed to the media and Ugandans to welcome the gamers as they be a 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 few of the gamers might also want time to adapt to Uganda and its tradition, provided that they’ve grown up exterior the nation.

Uganda Cranes, is at present in camp in Tunis forward of the AFCON 2027 qualifier towards Tunisia and can then return dwelling to face Libya in Hoima on twenty ninth September 2026 at 7pm for the primary ever AFCON qualifier to be performed exterior Kampala.