The Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) Chairman Leodegar Tenga has retained his seat in the Executive Committee of African Football Confederation (CAF) during the continental Annual General Congress running in Cairo, Egypt April 6-7.
Tenga of Tanzania will
now serve for another four year term as the regional boss at the CAF's decision
making body. The CAF congress held every year started in Cairo on Monday and
all the 54 African FA's including CECAFA's 12 are in attendance. The CECAFA
members are:- Burundi,Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Zanzibar, Rwanda, Sudan and South Sudan.
Tenga was re-elected unopposed after a candidate from Djibouti Hassan Suleiman
withdrew from the race and threw his weight behind Tenga, who also served for
eight years as Tanzania FA chairman qutting with honour after a two term stint
in 2012.
The CECAFA members and all the other African FA's hailed Tenga for his bold and
steadfast leadership. The Tanzanian pledged to conitinue serving CAF and CECAFA
with commitment and loyalty.
Meanwhile on the sidelines of the CAF Congress, CECAFA held its Extra-Ordinary
General Assembly and expressed their sympathy with Kenyans following the
Garissa massacre that claimed over 147 people.
Observing a one-minute silence before the meeting, the members expressed shock
and disappointment at the macabre of the innocent students. The Council members
sent their solidarity to President Uhuru Kenyatta and the people of Kenya
during this mourning period.
Tenga said terrorism must be fought by all people who value life and
mankind. During the same CECAFA congress, the 12 member Associations also re-confirmed
their commitment to support FIFA President Sepp Blatter ahead of FIFA's
congress in Zurich on May 28-29th. The CECAFA FA's had made this commitment in Brazil last year during the FIFA
Congress.
ENDS
NICHOLAS MUSONYE
SECRETARY GENERAL CECAFA
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NAIROBI, KENYA
Somali Football Federation Media Department
Email:info@somsoccer.com