{"id":44253,"date":"2023-02-03T21:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T21:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-ssimbwa-found-his-match-in-kitara"},"modified":"2023-02-03T21:08:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T21:08:04","slug":"how-ssimbwa-found-his-match-in-kitara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/how-ssimbwa-found-his-match-in-kitara","title":{"rendered":"How Ssimbwa found his match in Kitara"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A prolonged but punctuated, charming laugh infectiously ensued at the other end of the phone.<\/p>\n

“Ha ha ha… (insert first name of the writer), now that I have got a job you are calling me (ouch!)!” More laughter.<\/p>\n

The early exchange of pleasantries was both pleasant and, in some way, piercing – a tale of one day, you are the cock of the walk, next, a feather duster.<\/p>\n

He is back!<\/b><\/p>\n

But he is back! After over a year out of active coaching, Sam Ssimbwa – one of Uganda’s most flamboyant and outspoken coaches, is back.<\/p>\n

And as you can imagine, whenever and wherever he goes attracts attention, often in the most dramatic of ways. His new address is no exception.<\/p>\n

A supposed short journey to Maroons’ home in Luzira, Kampala, instead ended some hundreds of kilometres away in Hoima.<\/p>\n

The former Mbale Heroes, KCCA, Express, URA, Tooro, SC Villa and URA coach will, according to Big League side, Kitara FC, CEO Joshua Atugonza, be unveiled at the<\/p>\n

club tomorrow, “Wednesday.”<\/p>\n

Why Kitara, not Maroons, and how?<\/b><\/p>\n

Ssimbwa was reportedly due to seal his deal with Uganda Premier League side, Maroons, until the end of the current season last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“But that was not possible because the Commissioner Prisons was away at<\/p>\n

Tarehe Sita celebrations,” Ssimbwa narrated.<\/p>\n

“So that meeting was pushed to Monday (yesterday). So, in between, the president of Kitara got in touch again.<\/p>\n

“I already had a gentleman’s agreement with Kitara to join the club in June.<\/p>\n

“The plan was to help Maroons in the second half of the season and hopefully Kitara get promoted to the Premier League and then I take over.”<\/p>\n

Ssimbwa continued: “With Kitara, I had even assisted them in getting in some players to help them with promotion.<\/p>\n

“But then there was some in-fighting with the existing coaches.”<\/p>\n

Hitherto Kitara coach Mark Twinamasiko was suspended for two months in relation to the above.<\/p>\n

Connecting the dots<\/b><\/p>\n

“So with the gap, Kitara president Deo Kasozi was worried and argued that if I signed with Maroons, it might be hard to get me from there in June,” added Ssimbwa.<\/p>\n

In his negotiations with Maroons, Ssimbwa wanted an open contract so that a concrete decision over his stay would be decided at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

“That is one contentious point the Commissioner Prisons had to approve first,” Ssimbwa explained.<\/p>\n

“Kitara president (Kasozi) also said that with the current coaching situation at the club, they might fail to get promoted. So he told me ‘come and we fight together<\/p>\n

for promotion and then in June we get a better contract.<\/p>\n

“Also,” Ssimbwa continued, laughing again, “the money at Kitara was higher as compared to Maroons.”<\/p>\n

Asked how much was “higher”, Ssimbwa said that it was confidential, but that it is “at least three times higher than Maroons offer.”<\/p>\n

Ssimbwa, 56, returns to the touchline after close to two years away. His last coaching address was URA.<\/p>\n

His target will be to guide Kitara to the Premier League.<\/p>\n

Kitara currently lead their table in the second division with 31 points in 15 games.<\/p>\n

Although they lost their main man Patrick Kaddu to Gor Mahia in this transfer window, Kitara have brought in attackers George Ssenkaaba, Paul Mucureezi and Godfrey Lwesibawa.<\/p>\n

Fact file<\/b><\/p>\n

Name: Sam Ssimbwa<\/p>\n

Age: 56<\/p>\n

Coaching qualification: Advanced license from Germany (DFB) in 1996<\/p>\n

Club management honours<\/b><\/p>\n

1999: Kakungulu Cup with Mbale Heroes<\/p>\n

2007: Kakungulu Cup with Express<\/p>\n

2012: Super League with Express, the club\u2019s first in 16 years<\/p>\n

Ssimbwa also coached at KCCA, Health, Military Police, Simba SC, Sofapaka, SCVU, SC Villa, Tooro, URA, and briefly Somalia national team<\/p>\n

Cranes tenure<\/b><\/p>\n

Assistant to Mohamed Abbas in 2005, then to Laszlo Csaba, and finally to Bobby Williamson. In that assistant role, Ssimbwa won two Cecafa titles (2008 and 2009).<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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