Ssimwogerere takes over Mbale's CRO
AS Romanian coach Dorian Marin starts duty at Nalubaale, his predecessor will be taking over the reins at Mbale’s CRO. George Ssimwogerere, suspended by Nalubaale last year, is in Mbale on an assignment to reverse the struggling CRO’s fortunes.
By Joseph Wanzusi,
James Bakama
and Norman Katende
AS Romanian coach Dorian Marin starts duty at Nalubaale, his predecessor will be taking over the reins at Mbale’s CRO. George Ssimwogerere, suspended by Nalubaale last year, is in Mbale on an assignment to reverse the struggling CRO’s fortunes.
Ssimwogerere’s first task presents itself in the form of an unenviable away battle with league champions URA at Namboole on Wednesday.
The former Uganda Cranes captain however refused to commit himself to a permanent stay at CRO — Children’s Restoration Organisation. He said he was merely in Mbale to prepare for the URA match.
Ssimwogerere said he will be assisting CRO while his lawyers handle a court case against Nalubaale club officials for wrongfully dismissing him from duty. But what points to a long stint in Mbale is the fact that even if he won the suit against Nalubaale, he won’t regain the job already taken by Marin.
Marin is expected in Kampala today to assume the mantle at the Buikwe-based side.
Marin, who has been a football coach since 1991 and holds a UEFA ‘A’ coaching license, has worked in Eritrea, Romania and Syria.
He was in-charge of the Eritrean team that humiliated Kenya’s Harambee Stars in last year’s 2008 Nations Cup qualifiers.
CRO club chairman Moses Bwayo said they (CRO) were negotiating with Ssimwogerere to take over the coaching job once he settles the case with Nalubaale.
CRO, who are yet to win a league match, suspended coach David Otti together with his assistant Mansoor Kintu who were blamed for the team’s dismal performance.
Meanwhile, two CRO Kenyan players Geoffrey Tie Tie and Geoffrey Okoth Adera, have been caught up in the post-election unrest in Kenya where they had gone for the Christmas break.
The violence since the elections on December 27, 2007 has left at least 300 people dead in the once most stable East African state.
Nalubaale have meanwhile, officially sacked coach Ssimwogerere, paving way for Romanian Marin to take charge.
A club executive meeting on Wednesday evening ruled that Ssimwogerere’s contract be terminated and he be paid up to December, the last month he officially served the club.
“We are going to give him all the documentation and the letter terminating his contract. We will also avail him his send-off package,†said the club’s publicity Isaac Mukasa yesterday.
Mukasa said that they were now contacting Ssimwogerere for a final meeting, that will leave the coaching post at the club vacant.
Asked about the court case, Mukasa said that they will have to talk with Ssimwogerere first before an official comment can be made by the club.
Ssimwogerere was suspended for a month following Nalubaale’s poor performances, and his former assistant James Magala has been handling the club. Marin is expected to sign a two-year contract with the club after he arrives in the country today.
James Bakama
and Norman Katende
AS Romanian coach Dorian Marin starts duty at Nalubaale, his predecessor will be taking over the reins at Mbale’s CRO. George Ssimwogerere, suspended by Nalubaale last year, is in Mbale on an assignment to reverse the struggling CRO’s fortunes.
Ssimwogerere’s first task presents itself in the form of an unenviable away battle with league champions URA at Namboole on Wednesday.
The former Uganda Cranes captain however refused to commit himself to a permanent stay at CRO — Children’s Restoration Organisation. He said he was merely in Mbale to prepare for the URA match.
Ssimwogerere said he will be assisting CRO while his lawyers handle a court case against Nalubaale club officials for wrongfully dismissing him from duty. But what points to a long stint in Mbale is the fact that even if he won the suit against Nalubaale, he won’t regain the job already taken by Marin.
Marin is expected in Kampala today to assume the mantle at the Buikwe-based side.
Marin, who has been a football coach since 1991 and holds a UEFA ‘A’ coaching license, has worked in Eritrea, Romania and Syria.
He was in-charge of the Eritrean team that humiliated Kenya’s Harambee Stars in last year’s 2008 Nations Cup qualifiers.
CRO club chairman Moses Bwayo said they (CRO) were negotiating with Ssimwogerere to take over the coaching job once he settles the case with Nalubaale.
CRO, who are yet to win a league match, suspended coach David Otti together with his assistant Mansoor Kintu who were blamed for the team’s dismal performance.
Meanwhile, two CRO Kenyan players Geoffrey Tie Tie and Geoffrey Okoth Adera, have been caught up in the post-election unrest in Kenya where they had gone for the Christmas break.
The violence since the elections on December 27, 2007 has left at least 300 people dead in the once most stable East African state.
Nalubaale have meanwhile, officially sacked coach Ssimwogerere, paving way for Romanian Marin to take charge.
A club executive meeting on Wednesday evening ruled that Ssimwogerere’s contract be terminated and he be paid up to December, the last month he officially served the club.
“We are going to give him all the documentation and the letter terminating his contract. We will also avail him his send-off package,†said the club’s publicity Isaac Mukasa yesterday.
Mukasa said that they were now contacting Ssimwogerere for a final meeting, that will leave the coaching post at the club vacant.
Asked about the court case, Mukasa said that they will have to talk with Ssimwogerere first before an official comment can be made by the club.
Ssimwogerere was suspended for a month following Nalubaale’s poor performances, and his former assistant James Magala has been handling the club. Marin is expected to sign a two-year contract with the club after he arrives in the country today.