Tanzania’s Hajra Mawanja and Nabil Kajumba (Uganda) scooped the top scorers’ Awards at the concluded CAF African Schools Football Championship CECAFA qualifiers on Tuesday in Uganda.
Mawanja who helped Tanzania win the Girl’s title finished top with six goals, while Kajumba netted seven goals and also guided Uganda to win the top prize.
“It is a very good feeling finishing as top scorer in the Championship and helping my team win gold,” said a happy Mawanja after the match at the St. Mary’s Stadium, Kitende.
While the Fair-play Award was won by Burundi and Uganda for the Boys and Girls categories respectively, Ramadhan Ngendabanyikwa (Burundi) and Lukia Seleman (Tanzania) were also voted best goalkeepers for the boys and girls repespectively.
Uganda’s duo of Henry Muhoozi and Lydia Namaseruka were voted best players of the Championship for the boys and girls respectively.
The Awards were presented by the CECAFA Acting President Alexandre Muyenge, Vice President Paulous Weldehaimanot Andemariam and CECAFA Excom member Petra Doris Atieno. The other members who graced the Awards ceremony included the 1st Vice President of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Justus Mugisha, the FUFA CEO Edgar Watson, and the TotalEnergies Strategy and New Energies Manager, Carol Katungi.
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Awards
Fair-play Awards
Boys: Burundi
Girls: Uganda
Best goalkeeper
Boys: Ramadhan Ngendabanyikwa (Burundi)
Girls: Lukia Seleman (Tanzania)
Top scorer
Boys: Nabil Kajumba (Uganda)
Hajra Mawanja (Tanzania)
Best Player
Henry Muhoozi (Uganda)
Lydia Namaseruka (Uganda)
Bronze medal winners
Boys: Tanzania
Girls: Uganda
Silver medal winners
Boys: Ethiopia
Girls: Ethiopia
Gold medal winners
Boys: Uganda
Girls: Tanzania
