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