International Friendly Match:
- Thursday, 23rd March 2017
- Kenya Vs Uganda – Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos
When the Uganda Cranes line-up against Kenya, two players will stand to earn their first caps.
Vipers’ duo of Moses Waiswa and Milton Karisa will get their first caps in case they play as a couple of players are making a return to the side having been out for some time.
KCCA defender Habibu Kavuma, Ethiopian based midfielders Yassar Mugerwa and Chrizestom Ntambi, Martin Kizza, Goalkeepers Ismail Watenga alongside Benjamin Ochan, Brian Majwega and Emmanuel Arnold Okwi are returning to the team having missed the AFCON finals in Gabon
Head coach, Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredejovic has stated the intention of this international build up is to widen the pool of pool.
In fact, Micho describes the match as the start of a ‘new dawn’.
As quoted by the official FUFA website, Micho stated;
This international match against Kenya and the others in March are the only games where we can test, try and experiment players with the intention to widen the pool of players ahead of the June AFCON qualifier against Cape Verde in Praia, the July/August CHAN 2018 qualifiers and the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers of August/September
The Cranes have been accommodated at Gelian Hotel since arriving in Kenya on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, SC Villa left footed midfielder Martin Kizza was a last minute replacement in the place of Joseph Ochaya who requested to be left out pending his move to Lusaka Dynamos from KCCA Football Club.
The international friendly match will be played at the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos county.
After the game, the team will fly back for the friendly match against the French Military team this Saturday at Namboole.
Uganda Cranes Squad:
Goalkeepers: Benjamin Ochan (KCCA), Isma Watenga (Vipers)
Defenders: Nico Wakiro Wadad (Vipers), Timothy Denis Awanyi (KCCA), Habib Kavuma (KCCA), Murushid Juuko (Simba, Tanzania), Shafiq Batambuze (Tusker, Kenya), Godfrey Walusimbi (Gor Mahia, Kenya)
Midfielders: Hassan Wasswa Mawanda (Nijmeh, Lebanon), Kirizestom Ntambi (Jimma Aba Buna), Yassar Mugerwa (Saint George, Ethiopia), Moses Waiswa (Vipers), Muzamil Mutyaba (KCCA), Martin Kizza (SC Villa),Brian Majwega (KCCA)
Strikers: Geofrey Sserunkuma (KCCA), Emmanuel Okwi Arnold (SC Villa), Milton Karisa (Vipers)
