said. And I cannot hide it; even my bosses [at URA FC] know that because they asked me which team I support and I boldly told them I support KCCA. However, I do not want to speculate now and this does not mean that I am joining the club because I have had a 20-year coaching career and I have not been coaching the club on every other occasion.
The 54-year-old went on to express his feelings after the club parted ways with Mutebi. I love the club and we have a deep emotional connection because it is where I had the best days of my playing career and I have contributed greatly to the success in one way or the other, Ssimbwa continued.
They then played against Kyetume FC as Cromwell Rwothomio and Shafiq Kagimu scored before a game against Police FC which they won by another 2-0 scoreline. Kagimu and Rwothomio were also the scorers against Abdallah Mubiru s boys.
In what was seen as their toughest outing of the season, the Tax Collectors fought and dumped the league champions Vipers SC by a 2-1 margin. Kagimu and Mukwala scored then to hand Ssimbwa s side a morale-boosting win against their direct title rivals.
A goal from Rwothomio and a brace from Mukwala were enough to hand URA the win over Onduparaka FC in the last engagement for March. The victory was less expected given how the Ndejje club has struggled at the Greenlight Stadium in Arua in the West Nile region.
Ssimbwa has explained his happiness after beating their rivals yet again and further said they could have won by a huge margin had they converted the chances they created.
“Of course the boys are happy and I am as well,” Ssimbwa told the club’s official website after the game. “It is always a good feeling to beat a rival and a title contender. It is indeed a good feeling but after today, our focus will be on the next game.
“We played so well and created a lot of chances, we could have scored more than two goals but I m also happy we kept a clean sheet.
“The character of the team was superb, we were determined to get a result and played for that,” Ssimbwa told the club’s official website after the game. “Mbarara City is a bogey side that always gives us a hard time so am glad the players followed the instructions to the letter.”
Ssimbwa along with his technical team required a win or any goalscoring draw to progress to the Round of 16 and he made four changes to the team that started the home game against the same opposition.
Katongole Faruku replaced Benjamin Nyakoojo, Ivan Sserubiri for Moses Sseruyidde, Ojera Joackiam for Galiwango Arafat while Ibrahim Dada came on for Cromwell Rwothomio.