For God and My Country. The Uganda Motto perfectly fits the bill here after the Federation of Uganda Football Associations has sought divine intervention before the back to back 2017 AFCON qualifier against Burkina Faso.
The Cranes who top group D after picking maximum points from two games take on the Stallions on March 26 in Ouagadougou before hosting the second leg four days in Kampala.
The communiqué on the Fufa website indicates that the ‘national prayer’ weekend starts on Friday 18 and ends on Sunday 20, March at various places.
‘We are glad that our requests have been honoured. We are looking forward to making the National prayers a success. We encourage all Ugandans to pray for the National team-Uganda Cranes’ said Ahmed Hussein FUFA Spokesperson.
The programme gets underway at the National Mosque, Old Kampala on Friday and then Rubaga Church, Namirembe Cathedral and Victory Church, Ndeeba on Sunday.
The Uganda Cranes and other players of the same religion will pray from areas designated to FUFA by the religious groups.
The FULL NATIONAL prayers programme
Friday: 18th March 2016 at Uganda National Mosque, Old Kampala, 12.30pm
Sunday 20th March 2016
• Rubaga Church 8.3 0 am mass
• Namirembe Cathedral 10.30 am service
• Victory Church, Ndeeba 2.30 pm service
