Mr. Arab who is also member of FIFA beach soccer
committee and Somali Football federation secretary General has accumulated 9
votes out of the 12 votes casted during the elected which held in Nairobi on
Tuesday.
"I am grateful to all CECAFA member nations, both who
voted in favour of me and those who voted against me, I am happy with all of
them, because this is football and football is all about friendship and
brotherhood, that is what the football principles teach us” Mr. Abdi Qani Said
Arab told the media after election.
Kenya, South Sudan and Eritrea were those who voted
against Somalia, while the rest of CECAFA member nations voted in favour of Mr
Arab. Members of the Cecafa Executive committee who will be in
office for the next two years include: Leodegar Tenga
(Tanzania) Chairman.Lawrence Mulindwa (Uganda),
Members: Tareq Atta (Sudan) Abdi Qani Said Arab
(Somalia), Raol Gisanura (Rwanda) and Secretary General (Non-elective) Nicholas
Musonye (Kenya) Ally Chabor (south Sudan) and Sam Nyamweya (Kenya) lost
in the election according to Secretary General Nicholas Musonye who talked to
the media.
Meanwhile, other Somali members in the CECAFA committees
are: Amir Abdi Hassan (Finance Committee), SFF Media officer Shafi’i Mohyaddin
(CECAFA Media Committee) and Hassan Mohamed Mahmoud (CECAFA referee committee).
The war-ravaged country’s football federation President
Ali Said Guled is also member of CAF development committee. This illustrates how
Somalia was still active in the administrative committees in the world’s
football families.
Somali Football federation Media Department
Email:somalifootballmedia@gmail.com