CAF appoint two Ugandan referees for CHAN duty

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed two Ugandans to be part of the technical team of the 2016 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN).

"We are happy to announce that two of our officials will be part of the tournament to take place in Rwanda. This is a sign that we are doing well and getting more people exposed at international level," Ahmed Hussein, the Uganda FA spokesman said on Wednesday.

Mark Sonko will officiate as an assistant referee, while Edgar Suubi Watson will be part of the technical study group.

"I am happy that I will once again officiate in this event after handling the one in South Africa last year," Sonko said. The Ugandan also officiated at the CAF U-20 Championship that ended in Senegal this month.

Other match officials include Rwanda's referee Hudu Munyemana and assistant referee Theogene Ndagijimana.

Watson, who is also the chief executive officer of the Uganda FA and former skipper of the national team, will sit on the CAF technical study group for the CHAN tournament together with CAF's Abdel Moneim Hussein and Feyrouz Eitelt, Yusuf Ahmed (Nigeria) and Ibrahima Sory Conte (Guinea).

The 2016 CHAN tournament will take place January 16 to February 7th in Rwanda. Sixteen nations including Cecafa teams Uganda and Ethiopia also qualified for the event. Defending champions Libya and last year's runners-up Ghana will miss the event after failing to make it through the qualifiers.

Groups:

Group A - Rwanda, Gabon, Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire

Group B - DR Congo, Angola. Cameroon, Ethiopia

Group C - Tunisia, Nigeria Niger, Guinea

Group D - Zimbabwe, Uganda, Morocco, Burkina Faso.

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