Uganda’s preparations for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations has hit a snag as the team is still awaiting funds from the government.
The Cranes are competing at their first continental finals in 39 years and have pulled out all the stops to ensure they are perfectly prepared.
They are playing Tunisia in a friendly, before heading off to the UAE for an eight-day training camp. They then face Slovakia and Ivory Coast in more friendlies.
However, the money needed to make this happen has not arrived, with the Uganda FA’s head of finance Decolas Kiiza telling BBC Sport: “We made a budget of US$2,122,909 and after consultations and meetings with officials from the Ministry of Education and Sport and the National Council of Sports, the budget was slashed to US$1,226,855. But that money has not come as yet.
“We call upon the government to come in quickly to help the situation because we want to send a very strong and well motivated team.”
Uganda will need all the help they can get, having been drawn in Group D alongside Egypt, Ghana and Mali.
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