Impuzamashyirahamwe y’Umupira w’Amaguru muri Afurika y’Uburasirazuba n’iyo Hagati (CECAFA) yemeje ko irushanwa rya CECAFA Kagame 2021 rizaba guhera ku italiki ya 1 kugeza ku ya 15 Kanama i Dar es Salaam muri Tanzaniya rikazitabirwa n’amakipe 10 arimo APR FC yo mu Rwanda.
Nk’uko byatangajwe n’abategura iri rushanwa ryitiriwe umukuru w’igihugu cy’u Rwanda , Paul Kagame, iri rushanwa rizabera mu gihugu cya Tanzaniya, iki gihugu kazaba gihagarariwe n’amakipe abiri ariyo Young SC na AZAM FC.
Umuyobozi mukuru wa CECAFA, Auka Gecheo yavuze ko iri rushanwa rizafasha amakipe yo muri aka gace kwitegura amarushanwa Nyafurika ateganyijwe muri Nzeri uyu mwaka.
Auka aganira n’urubuga rwa CECAFA, yagize ati “Iri rushanwa rizafasha amakipe yacu yo mu karere kwitegura amarushanwa ya CAF azatangira muri Nzeri”.
Uyu muyobozi kandi yaboneyeho gutangaza ko kugirango iri rushanwa rikomere kuri iyi ncuro batumiye ikipe yo muri Malawi ya Big Bullets FC.
Ku rundi ruhande ikipe ya Simba SC yageze muri kimwe cya kane cy’imikino ya CAF Champions League umwaka ushize w’imikino yo ntabwo izitabira iri rushanwa rizabera mu gihugu cya Tanzaniya.
KCCA FC yo mu gihugu cya Uganda niyo iheruka kwegukana igikombe cya 2019 kuko yatsinze ikipe ya Azam FC nayo izitabira iki gikombe kitabaye umwaka wa 2020 bitewe n’uko icyorezo cya Koronavirusi cyari gikomeje gukaza umurego.
Ikipe y’ingabo z’igihugu z’u Rwanda ya APR FC igiye kwitabira iri rushanwa iheruka kwegukana mu mwaka wa 2010 ndetse ikaba yaratwaye iki gikombe incuro eshatu (2004, 2007, 2010), ubwo iyi kipe iheruka gukina CECAFA Kagame Cup muri 2019 yagarukiye muri ¼ isezerewe na AS Maniema yo muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo.
Biteganyijwe ko tombola y’uko amakipe azahura muri iri rushanwa rizabera mu mujyi wa i Dar es Salaam izaba ku italiki ya 27 Nyakanga 2021.
CECAFA Kagame Cup ni irushanwa rihuza amakipe 12 yo mu bihugu by’Afurika y’Uburasirazuba ndetse n’iyo hagati, ni irushanwa ryitiriwe Perezida Kagame kuko guhera muri 2002 atanga inkunga y’ibihumbi 60 by’amadorali y’Amerika agabanywa amakipe atatu ya mbere.
Urutonde rw’amakipe yemeye ko azitabira irushanwa rya CECAFA Kagame Cup 2021 ni Young SC, Azam FC (Tanzaniya), Altabara FC (Sudani y’Epfo), Le Messager Ngozi FC (Burundi), APR (Rwanda), Express FC, KCCA FC (Uganda), Tusker FC (Kenya) ), KMKM SC (Zanzibar) na Big Bullets FC (Malawi).
