Uganda Cranes Head Coach Paul Put has confirmed the final squad that will take on Kuwait in an International Friendly game this week.

After four days of rigorous training at MTN-Omondi Stadium, the coach named a final list of 22 players from the intial squad of 25 that was summoned.

Goalkeeper Joel Mutakubwa has been dropped while Milton Karisa and Umar Lutalo are ruled out due to injuries.

The team travels to Cairo, Egypt today (Monday) ahead of the game slated for 19th January 2023.

Travelling Squad

Goalkeepers
Hannington Ssebwalunyo (Maroons FC) and Tom Ikara (BUL FC)

Defenders
Kenneth Semakula (SC Villa), Gavin Kizito Mugweri (SC Villa), Rashid Okocha (NEC FC), Patrick Bayiga (Maroons FC), Rogers Torach (Vipers SC), Livingstone Mulondo (Vipers SC), Nicholas Mweere (BUL FC), Hudu Mulikyi (URA FC)

Midifielders
Ronald Ssekiganda (SC Villa), Ashiraf Mugume (KCCA FC), Bright Anukani (Vipers SC), Ramz Kawooya (Express FC), Laban Tibiita (URA FC), Allan Oyirwoth (MYDA FC)

Forwards
Nelson Senkatuka (Soltilo Bright Stars FC), Alex Kitatta (BUL FC), Dsnis Omedi (Kitara FC), Usama Arafat Kiiza (KCCA FC), Patrick Jonah Kakande (SC Villa), Muhammad Shaban (KCCA FC)

Joel Muyita is a senior staff writer at Kawowo Sports.

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  1. I hope Put is going in the right direction with local players.
    If I were in his shoes, I would build a foundation of local players and supplement with the foreign based. And as the local boys go pro abroad, you replace them with other locals. The main reason is because, you can work with the local players more often than the foreign based ones.

    I would still keep close tabs on foreign based players and invite a few for qualifiers. However, the bulk of the foreign players would be invited for assessment and evaluation to a major tournament camp (like AFCON or World Cup), where you have them for 3 weeks before the competition.

    Meanwhile FUFA should have a spine of youngsters coming up the pipeline. This makes it easier for the Cranes’ coaches to build a team, especially chemistry. If they go abroad, no problem, just invite them for regular training/friendlies. At some point you will have more good players abroad than home. No problem, do what the S. Americans are doing.

    FUFA should be taking notes and learning what it takes instead of relying too much on the main coach.

    I also hope FUFA read this article about Senegal.
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/67864876.

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