Ugandan strikers Emma Okwi and Hamis “Diego” Kizza recorded mixed results as the Mainland Premier League kicked off in Dar es Salaam over the weekend.
Simba FC started their defense for back to back titles with an emphatic 3-0 win over African Lyon.
Okwi,who squandered alot of chances during Cranes qualifier with Zambia’s Chipolopolo opened the scoring
for the defending champions as they costed to a comfortable win in the league other scorers Daniel Akuffor and Nassor Masoud “Chollo”.
It was Lyon’s Argentine coach Pablo Ignacio Velez’s first game in charge at his new club.
Cecafa club champions Yanga FC, whose strike line is spear headed by Ugandan international Kizza, where blunt as they held by Prison FC at the Sokoine Stadium in Mbeya.