Mr Gecheo who previously served as the East Africa
General manager for Supersport, has on Wednesday 11 March been inaugurated as
CECAFA’s executive director during the takeover ceremony which took place in
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania in the presence of CECAFA President Wallace Karia who
also doubles as the president of Tanzania Football Federation.
The post of executive director was created during CECAFA
General Assembly in Uganda on 19th December last year under the instructions
from CAF, Africa’s football governing body. With Gecheo’s takeover, Nicholas Musonye, officially
leaves the East and Central Africa football’s ruling body after servicing as
its general secretary since 2001. Mr. Musonye (Kenya) had served under four
CECAFA presidents including Farah Addo (Somalia), Denis Obua (Ugnda), Leodegar
Tenga (Tanzania) and Dr Mutasim Gafar (Sudan).
In his speech at the takeover gathering in Das Es Salaan, the new CECAFA Executive director, Auka Gecheo, commended his predecessor Nicholas Musonye for actively devoting to the development of East and Central Africa region’s football adding that he will work hard to maintain the gains and achievements made under Nicholas Musonye.
Last year CECAFA organised six more competitions from under 15 to the senior level, while in 2020, CECAFA has announced a full colander year of activities with more competitions to be held across the region. This year’s allocations of CECAFA tournaments is as follows.
CECAFA U-16 championship will be staged in Djibouti which would mean that the horn of African country will host its first ever CECAFA event. Women’s U-17 and men’s U-20 championships will be held in Burundi, while Rwanda will host AFCON U-17 qualifiers for East and Central Africa region and as well as CECAFA senior women’s challenge Cup.
Senior men’s challenge Cup and AFCON U-20 qualifiers will be staged in Sudan, as Kagame Club Cup will go to Tanzania and Uganda will host CECAFA women’s U-20 championship.
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