Kirunda was part of the side that reached the final of the 1978 Nations Cup, one of his prominent contributions to the national team. They had won the 1976 and 1977 the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) cup.
In the draws that took place at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports de Yaoundé in the host country Cameroon on Monday night, Uganda are placed in Group C together with other teams Niger and arch-rivals Rwanda.
Youngster Bright Anukani gave the hosts the lead after 31 minutes at the StarTimes Stadium with a low shot that Eritrea’s goalkeeper Kibrom Solomon Haile failed to stop.
It is alleged that Uncle Money, 50, unlawfully caused the death of a Mechanic, Siraji Akim Tumusiime when he allegedly commanded mob action against him for allegedly stealing his property on August 16. 2019. The incident took place at Munaku-Lubya, in Rubaga division.
Uganda Cranes will host Somalia in the return leg this afternoon at the StarTimes Stadium, Lugogo. Under caretaker coach Abudallah Mubiru, the Uganda Cranes have a 3-1 advantage after winning in the first leg played in Djibouti last weekend.
Patrick Henry Kaddu gave Uganda Cranes the lead when he converted a penalty seconds to the end of first half at the Al Haji Hassan Guled Stadium in Djibouti.
It is not by surprise that the best three FIFA ranked teams in the African continent Senegal, Tunisia and Nigeria as per June 14th have qualified for the semi finals.
Uganda Cranes have been drawn to face Somalia in the first round before they face the winner between Burundi and South Sudan in the final phase of the qualifiers.
The Alexandria based Club are reportedly ready to pay Uganda Premier League champions KCCA FC USD 150,000 (554 million Shillings) for Kaddu’s signature on a two-year contract.
But as the saying goes soccer is soccer and the 90-minutes or more at the Cairo International Stadium will determine which team makes it to the quarter final stage.
The Cranes are the only team from the Council for East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) region that have qualified for the last 16 stage in the tournament. The likes of Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi all failed to go past the group stage.
Earlier the State Minister for Sports, Charles Bakkabulindi engaged the players in a meeting to convince them to return for training, but they refused.
According to the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) communications manager, Ahmed Hussein, the members of the contingent have all been paid what they are meant to get till end of June.
Although the Cranes lost 2-0 to hosts Egypt on Sunday night, Zimbabwe’s 4-0 loss top DR Congo in the other Group A game meant Uganda finished second in the group.
Although UBC had resumed broadcasting the African Cup of Nations-Afcon on June 26th 2019, following negotiations with Confederation of African Football (CAF) and Africa Union of Broadcasters (AUB) on Sunday night, the station was showing news instead of the match between Uganda Cranes and Egypt.
