{"id":66220,"date":"2026-01-25T21:05:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/djibouti-palace-kempinski-hosts-cecafa-assembly"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:50:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:50:42","slug":"djibouti-palace-kempinski-hosts-cecafa-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/djibouti-palace-kempinski-hosts-cecafa-assembly","title":{"rendered":"Djibouti Palace Kempinski Hosts CECAFA Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span>The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Elective General Assembly will be hosted at the 5-star Djibouti Palace Kempinski on February 7th, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Jean Sseninde, the CECAFA Interim Executive Director made the communication on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter consultations with our hosts the Fe\u0301de\u0301ration Djiboutienne de Football, we have agreed that the Elective Assembly which will attract representatives from all the 12 Members Associations will take place at the Djibouti Palace Kempinski,\u201d added Sseninde.<\/p>\n<p>The General Assembly will also approve the 2026 CECAFA budget and adopt the CECAFA competitions calendar 2026 among others things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also released the provisional list of candidates for the different positions in accordance with the CECAFA Statutes and Electoral regulations,\u201d explained Sseninde.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Burundi Football Federation, Alexandre Muyenge is currently the Acting President of CECAFA.<\/p>\n<p>The 12 members of CECAFA include; Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia, Sudan and Zanzibar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Provisional list for the candidates for different CECAFA positions<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Candidates for CECAFA President<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Paulos Weldehaimanot Andemariam (Eritrean National Football Federation)<\/p>\n<p>Eng. Magogo Moses Hassim (Federation of Uganda Football Associations)<\/p>\n<p>Alexandre Muyenge (Fe\u0301de\u0301ration de Football du Burundi)<\/p>\n<p><b>Candidates for CECAFA Vice President<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ali Abdi Mohamed (Somali Football Federation)<\/p>\n<p><b>Candidates for CECAFA Executive Committee<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Francis Amin Michael (South Sudan Football Federation)<\/p>\n<p>Shema Ngoga Fabrice (Fe\u0301de\u0301ration Rwandaise de Football Association)<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Suleiman Mahmoud Jabir (Zanzibar Football Federation)<\/p>\n<p><b>Candidates for CECAFA Judicial body<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mbarouk Suleiman Othman (Zanzibar Football Federation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Lesotho<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Elective General Assembly will be hosted at the 5-star Djibouti Palace Kempinski on February 7th, 2026. Jean Sseninde, the CECAFA Interim Executive Director made the communication on Wednesday. \u201cAfter consultations with our hosts the Fe\u0301de\u0301ration Djiboutienne de Football, we have agreed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":66219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-66220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Djibouti Palace Kempinski Hosts CECAFA Assembly - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Lesotho. 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