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Why Fufa’s plan to grow local coaches on the international scene leaves a lot to be desired ROBERT MADOI The received wisdom that one walked away with after watching Sam Ssimbwa attempt – on NTV’s Press Box – to trace the through line of the Cranes fiasco in Douala is hardly inspiring. Ssimbwa is one not known to throw a cloak of political correctness over the ugly and intolerable. And true to form, the former Cranes international managed to season optimism with a dash of realism by revealing the fragile role that local football coaches play. Apparently, those ‘fortunate’ enough to be part of the Cranes backroom staff do no more than receive a steady paycheque. Such a measure, on mature consideration, may not be a stretch especially since Ssimbwa sat in the Cranes dugout with not one or two but three foreign coaches (Muhammad Abbas, Csaba Lászl�
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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