Paul Wazemba
7 June 2006
Kampala — NEWLY re-appointed Sports Minister Charles Bakabulindi has advised the technical bench of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (Fufa) to sign an African coach for the Cranes.
Bakkabulindi said that coaches from Europe and South America need a lot of time to cope with African players and the conditions of work.
"Personally, I would opt for an African coach because they know the problems of Africa and can adjust according to the situation.
"The type of coaches Fufa want demand a lot and yet the federation is still financially unstable but the federation is free because this is my personal view as Bakabulindi," he said on phone.
"Only coaches who want to build their CVs can easily accept to work in poor countries like Uganda and yet our aim is to get results which they might not yield in the time we want them."
To back up his argument, he cited the example of Togo which made it to the World Cup with Stephen Keshi, a Nigerian.
Keshi was sacked soon after the African Nations Cup.
Two coaches - Argentine Pedro Pasculli and Serbian Tomislav Sivic have run away from the job of coaching the national team.
The Cranes coaching job fell vacant when Fufa sacked Egyptian Muhammad Abbas early this year.
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