Uganda is set to host the CAF Young Talent Referees course.
This is the first time that such a course will be hosted by Uganda where a total of 34 referees from across the continent have been confirmed.
Two Ugandans Isa Masembe and Shamirah Nabadda are part of the group.
Referees are expected to have arrived by 13th September 2018 ahead of the planned opening ceremony the following day.
“All the referees will undergo medical, physical, theoretical and technical tests during the course.” Anthony Baffoe, the CAF Deputy Secreatary General in charge of football and development.
Cathrine Adipo is among the five instructors and RTC officials.
The other four are; An Yan Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius), Felix Tanagwarima (Zimbabwe), Cherifi Nasradine (Algeria), Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon).
Male Referees:
Nabil Boukhalfa (Algeria), Ligali Adissa Abdoul Raphiou (Benin), Tirelo Mositwane (Botswana), Georges Gatogato (Burundi), Daurte Fabricio (Cape Verde), Bilal Abdallah Ismael (Djibouti), Mahrous Mahmoud A. H. Ahmed (Egypt), Mogos Teklu Tsegay (Eritrea), Atcho Pierre (Gabon), Huraywidah Abdulwahid (Libya), Dahane Beida (Mauritania), Ali Moussa Mohamed (Niger), Artan Omar Abdulkadir (Somalia), Christopher Harrison (South Africa), Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)
Assistant Referees:
Eric Aymavo Ayamr (Benin), Kitso Sibanda Madondo (Botswana), Habib Sanou Judicael Oumar (Burkina Faso), Herve Kakunze (Burundi), Brahim Ahmat Adam (Chad), Martin Mukala (DR Congo), Ditsoga Boris Marlaise (Gabon), Babajee Ram (Mauritius), Akerkad Mustapha (Morocco), Mutuyimana Dieudonne (Rwanda), Dos Reis Montenegero Miro (Sao Tome and Prinicipe), Van Wyk Mervin John (South Africa), Soud Iddi Lila (Tanzania), Hassan Khalil (Tunisia), Isa Masembe (Uganda)
Female Referees:
Atman Lamia (Algeria), Abebe Tsehaynesh (Ethiopia), Madu Ndidi Patience (Nigeria), Amara Hedia (Tunisia), Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
Instructors and RTC Members:
An Yan Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius), Felix Tanagwarima (Zimbabwe), Constance Catherine Adipo (Uganda), Cherifi Nasradine (Algeria), Pierre Alain Mounguengui (Gabon)
MAIN PHOTO: FIFA female referee Shamirah Nabadda is one of the Ugandans confirmed to be part of the four day’s CAF Young talent referees’ course
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