Cecafa
General Secretary Nicholas Musonye receives a this year's Cecafa-Tusker
cup from EABL (U) Marketing Director Lemmy Mutahi at Serena Hotel
Kampala on Tuesday. On the right is FUFA Vice President Livingstone
Kyambadde.
Uganda
Breweries Marketing Director Lemmy Mutahi (C ) handing over a dammy
cheque to Cecafa General Secretary Nicholas Musonye. Extreem right is
FUFA Vice President Livingstone Kyambadde in Kampala on Tuesday.
Cecafa
General Secretary Nicholas Musonye chats with the Cecafa Founder Member
Kezekia Ssegwanga Musisi before the official launch of this year's
Cecafa-Tusjker Cup 2012 at serena Hotel Kampala Tuesday.
********************************
Tusker
Lager, one of the region’s major sports sponsors have this Tuesday
announced a sponsorship package of USD 450,000 (About UGX 1.125.000.000)
towards this year’s CECAFA –Tusker Cup to be hosted in Kampala.
The
Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) has
also fixed November 24 as the kick off date at Mandela National Stadium
Namboole. The tournament will run through December 8. Cecafa General
Secretary Nicholas Musonye who flew to Kampala on Monday attended the
well organized event.
Unpacking
the sponsorship during the Break Fast meeting at Serena Hotel in
Kampala, Lemmy Mutahi the EABL (U) Marketing Director said the decision
was taken with an ultimate aim of catapulting East African teams to the
2014 World Cup. He revealed that as sponsors they were happy to have the
tournament hosted in Kampala. This year’s figure shows a 5% increase
compared to last year’s release.
Musonye said the sponsorship package would cover the teams’ accommodation and air travels among others.
A
total of USD 60.000 will however go towards prize money with the
winners taking USD 30.000, the runners up USD 20.000 and USD 10.000 for
the third placed team. Musonye further revealed that the sponsors. All matches will be showed live on Super Sport.
The
Sponsors (EABL) confirmed their long time engagement with Cecafa and
praised the regional body for organizing excellent 2010/2011tournament
in Tanzania.
Uganda
(FUFA) have already formed a Local Organizing Committee to start
preparations. The closing ceremony was attended by FUFA officials and
the LOC and the top management of Uganda Breweries who have been
mandated by EABL to sponsor the event in Uganda.
Later,
Musonye had a long chat with the State Minister for Sports Hon. Charles
Bakabulindi from his offices in Kampala. The minister pledged to
support Cecafa and FUFA in organizing a successful event.
This is a good tip particularly to those new to the blogosphere.
ReplyDeleteSimple but very accurate info… Thanks for
sharing this one. A must read post!
My webpage: Hainan Airlines