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Byekwaso privileged, hopes to lead Hippos at Afcon 2021 ISMAIL KIGONGO In August 2018, coach Peter Onen led the Uganda U17 national team to the Cecafa U17 title, beating Ethiopia 3-1 in the final in Tanzania. Striker Abdul Wahad Iddi netted a brace and Samson Kasozi bagged the other. Onen was ecstatic and his employers, Fufa, felt the same, hosting the team to a luncheon. The tournament also acted as a qualifier for the 2019 U17 Africa Cup of Nations, also held in Tanzania. Weeks to the tournament, Fufa ditched Onen for Ghanaian Paa Fabin Kwesi. Fufa thought they could tap into the latter’s knowledge having taken his home country to the quarterfinals of the 2017 U17 World Cup in India. The top four in the U17 Afcon would qualify for the World Cup. The federation is back in the same spot. Coach Morley Byekwaso has done ‘an Onen’ – and yes, his team was also hosted to a breakfast. Primarily objective He won the U20 Cecafa Championship last week in Tanz