Match assessors refresher course takes shape in Njeru

NJERU – Fifty eight (58) match assessors are currently undertaking a refresher course at the FUFA Technical center in Njeru.

The refresher course which is running from Monday to Wednesday is organized by the Federation of Ugandan Football (FUFA) alongside the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Among the 58 participants, 56 are from football while the other two from Beach Soccer.

CAF instructor and Rwandese retired FIFA Assistant referee and member of the CAF Referees committee and IFAB Celestin Ntagungira is taking charge of the course.

While speaking at Njeru, Ntagungira thanked both CAF and FUFA for organizing the course which he hopes will help improving officiation.

‘I thank CAF and the leadership of FUFA for organising such a course which is important because Assessors play a big role in refereeing by improving the quality of the referees, giving feedback to the committee and the referees. Said Ntagungira.

Assessors are also instructors who must be in line with the trend of football when they get refresher courses to widen their knowledge which they later pass on to the referees. We need to have uniformity in the assessment world over that why CAF and FIFA encourage such refresher courses, he continued.

Chairman of the Uganda Football Referees Association Ronnie Kalema who is also a key figure at the course highlighted that the assessors will undertake three exams to assess what they have been taught.

‘The role of an assessor is to guide the referees into proper performance in the field of play, said Kalema.

“They also help the Federation scout young referees from the eight regions.

The assessors will be subjected to three exams to help asses them too on what they have been taught during the course.

FUFA Technical director Ali Mwebe while at Njeru on Monday, thanked CAF for responding to FUFA’s request for the course.

“FUFA wrote to CAF asking to organise such course and an international instructor. We are grateful that CAF responded to our request, said Mwebe.

“As the Football Development Department at FUFA, we are looking forward to reepIing positively from such a course with the improvement in the refereeing standards.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

1. ALUMA HABIB
2. AYEBALE JAMES
3. AYUB KHAMISH
4. BASIISA HASSAN
5. BATTE DENIS
6. BUKENYA MOSES MUKASA
7. BUKENYA ROBERT
8. BUYINZA MAJIDU
9. BYAMUGISHA SIMON
10. BYAMUKAMA FRED
11. ISABIRYE MICHAEL
12. JJINGO FRANK
13. KABALI GACE CHARLES
14. KABWIMUKYA GEORGE
15. KAGGWA ELIASA
16. KALIBBALA JOHN BOSCO
17. KALYANGO AL
18. KANAKULYA KALIFAN
19. KATABIRA DAVID DAVIES
20. KATONO SIRAJI
21. KAYIWA ABDALLAH SALIM
22. KAYONDO SAMUEL
23. KITYO ASUMAN SSOZI
24. KIWANUKA EDIRISA
25. KIZITO REHMAH
26. KONGOLA AHMED
27. KUNIHIRA PATRICK
28. KYOMUKAMA DENNIS TUGUME
29. LUTAAYA JOSEPH
30. MAGOOLA KASSIM
31. MASIKO JOHN BOSCO
32. MATOVU SULAIMAN
33. MAYANJA PAUL
34. MPIIMA NYUMIRIZA FREDDIE
35. MPIIMA SAMUEL
36. MUTAKA SSEKA
37. MUWAYA SALEH
38. MWANJE JOSEPH
39. MWANJE VICK
40. MWESIGWA RONALD
41. NAMUBIRU IRENE
42. NATTABI HARRIET
43. NDAWULA MUHAMMED SHABAN
44. NIWAMANYA JULIUS
45. NSUBUGA FAIZAL
46. OMOLO BOB
47. OPOKA-OTII WILLIAM
48. RWAMUYAMBA ROSEBELL
49. SALMIN SALEH
50. SEKABIRA ABDUL LUKOOYA
51. SEWAYA ISMAIL
52. SSEMMAMBO AISAH
53. SSEMWOGERERE EDWARD
54. TURYOMURIWE SAMUEL
55. WAISWA AJAB
56. WASSWA ATHUMAN

BEACH SOCCER

57. KIMBUGWE HILARY
58. SEBULIBA MOSES