By James Robert Kayindi
After 19 failed Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaigns, the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) has come up with a new long term plan that will aim at taking Uganda into AFCON 2019 to be hosted in Cameroon. Magogo revealed that some areas of weakness can’t be rectified in just a few days, months or even one year therefore there is need for a big plan to combat down all these areas of weakness.
During the weekly press conference yesterday at the FUFA house in Mengo, Eng. Moses Magogo in his speech, pointed out the 8parameters that are required for a qualification campaign to be successful. The eight parameters included: Administration, Coaches, Resources, Facilities, Media, Fans, Clubs and the 8th being “the last man on the relay team determines the success of the team.”
Eng. Moses Magogo’s speech highlighting about the Project Cameroon 2019 reads in part:
“Considering how much we are lacking in the 8 key parameters required for qualifying and the amount of time to fix, FUFA has decided to think long term by creating ‘PROJECT CAMEROON 2019′.
Aware that World Cup 2018 qualifiers, AFCON 2017 Qualifiers, CECAFAs, U20 All Africa Games, 2016 Olympic Qualifiers and CHAN are in between, FUFA will only use those competitions for adding more miles into the legs of the players.
We call upon all stakeholders to be patient with this project else another disappointment for 2017 AFCON qualifier is eminent.
In order to achieve the Ugandan Dream of playing at AFCON, FUFA has scheduled a two-day stakeholders’ workshop on Friday and Saturday 24th and 25th January 2015.
The Workshop is expected to deeply analyse why since 1978 Uganda has not been able to qualify and attempt to obtain the Country Agenda for the PROJECT CAMEROON 2019.
Presentations will be from various stakeholders inclusive of Government and football persons from countries that always qualify. FUFA has highlighted Ghana, Zambia, Cape Verde and Costa Rica. Mr. Justus Mugisha the first FUFA VP will head the workshop organizing committee.”
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