Wau Salaam lands Kagame Cup invitation

THE Cecafa has officially invited Wau Salaam of South Sudan to grace this year’s edition of the Kagame Club Competition set for July 14-28 in Dar es salaam, Tanzania.It will be the first time that a side from Africa’s newest state has featured in regional club championship.According to Cecafa, South Sudan has also been penciled in for debut at this year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup.However, before that, the world’s newest country will send a side to the lucrative Kagame club competition.The Cecafa secretary general Nicholas Musonye confirmed the development this week saying, “After admitting South Sudan in the Cecafa bloc, they will send Wau Salaam to grace the Kagame Cup competition,”“We are glad to welcome them as our new members and they have also assured us that their national team will participate in this year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup as well.” Musonye added.South Sudan, which only became a member of football’s world governing body (Fifa), last month, already has its own league.Their national side will be made up of players from both the local league and the one in neighbouring Sudan.This year’s club championship will kick off on July 14 in Dar es Salaam and will be sponsored by President Paul Kagame for the 10th year.Kagame has been injecting $60,000 worth of prize money to winners since 2001.

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Wau Salaam lands Kagame Cup invitation