With the rest of the Uganda Cranes players yet to reach Tunisia following an unplanned delay in Dubai, three of the players who were supposed to connect directly to the Maghreb region country reached on Saturday.
The three are; Moses Oloya, Geoffrey ‘Baba’ Kizito and Hassan Wasswa Mawanda.
Oloya and Kizito flew from Vietnam as Mawanda who had traveled to Lebanon to finalize his club paperwork connected from Beirut.
Two of the other foreign based players William Luwagga Kizito (Portugal) and Ethiopian based goalkeeper Robert Odongkara will join later on.
The group that left from Uganda will reach Tunisia on Sunday morning at 7:15 a.m aboard Emirates Airlines.
Uganda plans to play an international friendly match in Tunis against the home country, Tunisia on Wednesday, 4th January 2017.
They will then play Slovakia and the reigning African Champions Cote D’Ivoire on the 8th and 11th January 2017 respectively before flying out to Gabon.
The Uganda Cranes open their AFCON campaign against Ghana Black Stars on 17th January 2017 in Port Gentil Stadium.
Egypt and Mali completed the group D teams.
Provisional Uganda Cranes squad:
Goalkeepers: Dennis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Robert Odongkara (St George, Ethiopia), Benjamin Ochan (KCCA, Uganda), Salim Jamal Magoola (El Meriekh, Sudan)
Defenders: Denis Iguma (Al Ahed, Lebanon), Nicholas Wadada (Vipers, Uganda), Joseph Ochaya (KCCA, Uganda), Shafiq Batambuze (Tusker, Kenya), Isaac Isinde (unattached), Timothy Awany (KCCA, Uganda), Murshid Juuko (Simba,Tanzania)
Midfielders: William Luwagga Kizito (Rio Ave, Portugal), Hassan Wasswa Mawanda (Vipers, Uganda), Muzamiru Mutyaba (KCCA, Uganda), Godfrey Walusimbi (Gor Mahia, Kenya), Tonny Mawejje (Thotur,Iceland), Khalid Aucho (Baroka FC, South Africa ), Mike Azira (Colorado Rapids, USA), Moses Oloya (Hanoi T and T) and Geoffrey Kizito (Than Quang Ninh, Vietnam).
Strikers: Geofrey Sserunkuma (KCCA, Uganda), Muhammed Shaban (Onduparaka, Uganda), Yunus Sentamu (Ilves, Finland), Edrisa Lubega (Proline, Uganda), Geoffrey Massa (Baroka, South Africa), Faruku Miya (Standard Liege, Belgium)
