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Uganda Cranes will host their next Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier game against Algeria in Cameroon according to the latest confirmation from FUFA President Eng. Moses Hassim Magogo. The Cranes, who played their last home AFCON qualifier in Egypt in March this year, will be in Cameroon in the upcoming qualifier scheduled for June 12, 2023.

Yesterday Tuesday 25th April was the deadline for Nations to submit their host venues to CAF for the next AFCON Qualifier games. And when the FUFA Executive Eng. Moses Hassim Magogo looked at the options available, Cameroon is what they decided to take.

“We have opted for Cameroon because of several reasons including ease access in terms of travel (Visas), they recently hosted AFCON and therefore have good stadiums and they are willing to give us a friendly match because there are three teams in their group and Cameroon will not have a game in the next window,” Magogo said.

About the promise to have the game played at Mandela National Stadium, Magogo indicated there had been sloppy progress and the work being done is shoddy. “As Parliament, we released 97 billion to have Namboole Stadium refurbished but I can confirm the people doing the work do not have the capacity to build a stadium and the earlier government realises this, the better. Almost everything that has been done so far is a waste of money,” he stated.

It should be noted that CAF ruled out St. Mary’s Stadium Kitende from hosting games of such magnitude and thus FUFA had to look for another home venue. Uganda Cranes is currently 3rd in Group F with four points after beating Tanzania 1-0 in Dar es Salaam on March 28, 2023.

They need to beat Algeria (who have already qualified as group winners) and Niger in the last qualifier on September 13 to make it to the AFCON Finals due next year in Ivory Coast.