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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nUgandans are cheering for a good start for the Cranes in the month long TotalEnergies Africa Nations Championship 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Group C fixture will see a repeat of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier played earlier this year that saw the Algerians win 2-1 at Namboole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tanzania and Kenya who co-hosting the tourney with Uganda both won their opening games at the weekend beating Burkina Faso and DR Congo, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uganda Cranes Probable XI<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mutakubwa (GK), Gavin, Mukundane, Odong, Achai, Sserujongi, Ssebagala, Okello (C), Ssemugabi, Sentamu, Kakande<\/p>\n\n\n\n Editor;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The government has offered free transport to fans going to Namboole stadium to support the Uganda Cranes in their match<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/chan.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11912,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/fufa-not-sure-cranes-will-play-world-qualifiers-at-namboole-stadium\/","url_meta":{"origin":15055,"position":0},"title":"FUFA Not Sure Cranes Will Play World Qualifiers At Namboole Stadium","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 22, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"he Federation of Uganda Football Associations (Fufa) is in negotiations with the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to have\u00a0\u00a0Mandela Stadium\u00a0host Uganda Cranes\u2019 World Cup qualifiers in June. 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