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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Former Uganda Cranes and Express Football Club left winger, Ibrahim Buwembo, is dead. He died on Friday in Mengo Hospital after an illness.<\/b><\/p>\n

Highly controversial in his heyday, he won the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup with Uganda Cranes in 1992.<\/p>\n

He was also part of the Express side that won the 2001 Uganda Cup. A nomad, he played for State House, Coffee, Super Cubs, Simba and clubs in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

In Buwembo\u2019s later life, he had several run-ins with club administrators over his dealings with players who he sold to Asia, particularly Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Buwembo cut his niche as a radio sports pundit, appearing on several programmes over the past decade.<\/p>\n

Over that period, he often criticized Federation of Uganda Football Associations (Fufa) for the way the beautiful game was run but later toned down.<\/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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