2012 Kagame Cup to cost Rwf.358m

THE Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) will need $600,000 (Approx. 358,200,000 francs) to host a successful 2012 Kagame club championship which will be held in Dar es Salaam from June 26 to July 7.The Cecafa secretary general Nicholas Musonye confirmed the development recently in Dar es Salaam which will be hosting the tournament for a third year running.“We have already informed member associations and we are waiting for their confirmation as we proceed with preparations to host a successful event,”Draws for and fixtures for the tournament will be held early next month.The Kagame club championship is sponsored by President Paul Kagame to a tune of $60,000 worth of prize money since 2002. Dar es Salaam saw off stiff challenge from Kigali to win the hosting rights of this year’s regional club championships following the success of last year’s Challenge Cup and Kagame Cup.Besides staging a colourful tournament, Cecafa secretariat was also impressed by the fact that Tanzania managed to secure sponsorship for the tournament at the 11th hour.Meanwhile, Musonye has promises a more organized and competitive tournament this year.“We know that last time, APR (Rwanda) complained about the poor state of the pitch in Morogoro but that will not happen again. “This is the oldest tournament in Africa and the different leagues in the region have improved competitively, so I hope that will reflect in the competition,” Musonye said by phone from Nairobi.Rwanda’s Representatives last year APR and Etincelles were eliminated at the group stages and Yanga of Tanzania won the tournament.

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2012 Kagame Cup to cost Rwf.358m