{"id":120430,"date":"2026-02-23T16:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T16:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal"},"modified":"2026-02-23T17:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:59:43","slug":"mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal","title":{"rendered":"Mukura Sues Uwikunda Over Disallowed Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Mukura Victory Sports have lodged a formal complaint with the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) following what they described as controversial refereeing in their 2\u20131 league defeat to Rayon Sports on Sunday at Kigali Pele Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Centre referee Samuel Uwikunda was at the heart of the controversy after disallowing what would have been Mukura\u2019s equaliser in the 84th minute. Boateng Mensah had headed home from a corner, but Uwikunda ruled out the goal, judging that Samuel Pimpong had obstructed goalkeeper Olivier Kwizera in the build-up.<\/p>\n<p>Pimpong was subsequently booked for protesting the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The incident came just three minutes after Uwikunda waved away Mukura\u2019s penalty appeal when Rayon Sports defender Obed Uwumukiza appeared to handle Elie Tatou Iradukunda\u2019s cross inside the penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like to talk about referees, but the referee\u2019s influence cost us this game. The header we scored came from a corner \u2014 if you look at the footage, you can see it was a goal,\u201d head coach Canisius Nshimiyimana said in a post-match interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was also a handball by a Rayon Sports defender in the final minutes, which is clear in the footage, but he (Uwikunda) ignored it. We lost the points and now we have to prepare for the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both decisions sparked anger among Mukura players, coaches and travelling fans, prompting the club to file an official complaint with FERWAFA requesting an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know it will not change anything, but we need to speak the truth. The person in charge of the game must be held accountable,\u201d Mukura spokesperson Edmond Gatera told Times Sport.<\/p>\n<p>Mukura become the second club in 72 hours to raise concerns about Uwikunda\u2019s officiating. Al Merrikh also questioned his refereeing in their match against Al Hilal despite winning the Omdurman derby 2-1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Mukura Victory Sports have lodged a formal complaint with the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) following what they described as controversial refereeing in their 2\u20131 league defeat to Rayon Sports on Sunday at Kigali Pele Stadium. Centre referee Samuel Uwikunda was at the heart of the controversy after disallowing what would have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":120429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[4450,2676,758,3314,3759],"class_list":["post-120430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-mukura-vs","tag-rayon-sports","tag-rwanda","tag-rwanda-premier-league","tag-samuel-uwikunda"],"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>Mukura Sues Uwikunda Over Disallowed Goal - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mukura Victory Sports have lodged a formal complaint with the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) following what they d ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mukura Sues Uwikunda Over Disallowed Goal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mukura Victory Sports have lodged a formal complaint with the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) following what they d ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T16:49:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T17:59:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771856965.209569.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"583\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mukura Sues Uwikunda Over Disallowed Goal\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-23T16:49:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-23T17:59:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal\"},\"wordCount\":316,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771856965.209569.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Mukura VS\",\"Rayon Sports\",\"Rwanda\",\"Rwanda Premier League\",\"Samuel Uwikunda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/mukura-sues-uwikunda-over-disallowed-goal\",\"name\":\"Mukura Sues Uwikunda Over Disallowed Goal - 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