Sekagya, Bengo and Okhuti tipped for FUFA awards
Sep 20, 2008
IT will be history-in-the-making as FUFA crown their first ever footballer of the year during the glamourous Nile Special FUFA Awards at the Golf Course Hotel in Kampala tonight.
By Swalley Kenyi
IT will be history-in-the-making as FUFA crown their first ever footballer of the year during the glamourous Nile Special FUFA Awards at the Golf Course Hotel in Kampala tonight.
The red-carpet ceremony will see either Steven Bengo, Brian Omony, Caesar Okhuti or Cranes team captain Ibrahim Sekagya become a proud owner of a Toyota Corona UAL 353A worth sh10m, –the most lucrative reward for a Ugandan footballer.
Nile Special are the main sponsors of the first-ever football awards event organised by Anfield Communications.
“By nature of the game, the superstars of football are celebrities in the same way as music and movie stars are world over. It is a high profile social event which is going to go along way in re-positioning football and footballers in this country,†Anfield Communications CEO Aldrine Nsubuga noted.
Austria-based defender Sekagya has been tipped to sweep the largest share of honours on the night following his achievements at Red Bull Salzburg and the Uganda Cranes during the 2007/2008 season. He tops three lists of nominees for the MVP, best professional and the Footballer of the Year awards that come with separate rewards.
Sekagya is passively challenged by striker Omony (KCC), Bengo (SC Villa) and URA goalkeeper Abbey Dhaira.
Local Afro-pop star, Jose Chameleone and Blue3 will entertain guests at the function that starts at 6pm. State minister for sports Charles Bakkabulindi is the chief guest.
List of nominees in part:
Most Valuable Player: Ibrahim Sekagya, Steven Bengo, Abbey Dhaira and Brian Omony.
Best Professional: Sekagya, Eugene Ssepuuya, Mike Serumagga, David Obua, Timothy Batabaire
Footballer of the year: Caesar Okhuti, Bengo, Sekagya, Omony
Promising Player: Mike Mutyaba, Abby Dhaira, Mike Azira.
IT will be history-in-the-making as FUFA crown their first ever footballer of the year during the glamourous Nile Special FUFA Awards at the Golf Course Hotel in Kampala tonight.
The red-carpet ceremony will see either Steven Bengo, Brian Omony, Caesar Okhuti or Cranes team captain Ibrahim Sekagya become a proud owner of a Toyota Corona UAL 353A worth sh10m, –the most lucrative reward for a Ugandan footballer.
Nile Special are the main sponsors of the first-ever football awards event organised by Anfield Communications.
“By nature of the game, the superstars of football are celebrities in the same way as music and movie stars are world over. It is a high profile social event which is going to go along way in re-positioning football and footballers in this country,†Anfield Communications CEO Aldrine Nsubuga noted.
Austria-based defender Sekagya has been tipped to sweep the largest share of honours on the night following his achievements at Red Bull Salzburg and the Uganda Cranes during the 2007/2008 season. He tops three lists of nominees for the MVP, best professional and the Footballer of the Year awards that come with separate rewards.
Sekagya is passively challenged by striker Omony (KCC), Bengo (SC Villa) and URA goalkeeper Abbey Dhaira.
Local Afro-pop star, Jose Chameleone and Blue3 will entertain guests at the function that starts at 6pm. State minister for sports Charles Bakkabulindi is the chief guest.
List of nominees in part:
Most Valuable Player: Ibrahim Sekagya, Steven Bengo, Abbey Dhaira and Brian Omony.
Best Professional: Sekagya, Eugene Ssepuuya, Mike Serumagga, David Obua, Timothy Batabaire
Footballer of the year: Caesar Okhuti, Bengo, Sekagya, Omony
Promising Player: Mike Mutyaba, Abby Dhaira, Mike Azira.