Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has confirmed three different build up matches for the Uganda Cranes in January 2016.
Addressing the media at FUFA House in Kampala, the Uganda Cranes head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredejovic, who was flanked by the federation head of communications Ahmed Hussein and the finance director Decolas Kiiza released the final programme.
The national team will train until 31st December 2016 when they fly out for Tunisia where they will have the first training camp.
In Tunisia, they will play two buildups with the countries’ elite clubs before the international friendly against Tunisia slated on the 4th January 2016.
They will again fly out on the following day to Dubai for the second training camp.
In Dubai, Uganda will play Slovakia and Cote d’Ivoire on the 8th and 11th January 2017 respectively.
The new programme implies that the earlier planned international build up matches against Gabon and Libya have been cancelled.
Micho hinted that on the significance of earlier preparations and the training camps as a means to prepare the players to the maximum.
We shall travel for the training camps in Tunisia and Dubai.
The international friendly matches we shall play there are intended to further polish the players for international football.
Kiiza confirmed that the financial resources promised by Government will be availed since the FUFA budget of Ug.shs 4.39 billion is already on the desk of the Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni.
