{"id":15500,"date":"2025-09-24T16:24:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=15500"},"modified":"2025-09-24T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:25:05","slug":"fufa-releases-list-of-referees-to-officiate-upl-2025-26-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/fufa-releases-list-of-referees-to-officiate-upl-2025-26-season\/","title":{"rendered":"FUFA Releases List of Referees To Officiate UPL 2025-26 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Federation of Uganda Football Associations,( FUFA) released a  list  referees who will officiate the Startimes Uganda Premier league season 2025\/26 with emphasis placed on professionalism and quality match officiation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the  eight regions are represented with referees  who have the national badge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in order to improve  officiating standards  in Ugandan football referees  have been given  a 35% increment in allowances   from 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referee in the UPL will earn up to Ug.Shs.500,000 per match in allowances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> last season ,FIFA referee  Dick Okello ,officiated  22 games the highest  in the Startimes Uganda Premier league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Full list<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Referees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1- Lucky Razake Kasalirwe- Kampala.<br>2- Okello Dick -Northern<br>3- Oloya William \u2013 West Nile<br>4- Duura Joshua- Eastern<br>5-Olemu George \u2013 Eastern<br>6- Shamirah Nabadda -Western<br>7- Murungi Diana -Kitara<br>8- Ssemere Asadu \u2013 Kampala<br>9- Nasser Muhammad \u2013 Buganda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10- Musisi Henry \u2013 Kampala<br>11- Tuge Tumusiime- Kitara<br>12 \u2013 Outek Daniel \u2013 North East<br>13- Kimayo Stephen -Kampala<br>14- Niwagaba Felix \u2013 Western<br>15- Masembe Joseph \u2013 Kampala<br>16- Kikabi Ronald \u2013 Buganda<br>17- Tumuhaise John- Western<br>18- Jumba Solomon \u2013 Buganda<br>19- Ochan Isaac \u2013 Northern<br>20 \u2013 Ssemakula John- Kampala<br>21-Twesigye Hilary \u2013 Western<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>22- Miro Ibrahim \u2013 Kampala<br>23- Nantongo Rachel \u2013 Kampala Nile<br>24- Yasir Arafat \u2013 West Nile<br>25- Atiku Rahuman \u2013 West Nile<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1- Katenya Ronald \u2013 Eastern<br>2- Okudra Emmanuel -West Nile<br>3- Mulindwa Hakim -Kampala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4- Branson Musisi -Buganda<br>5- Kateregga Ashiraf -Northern<br>6- Magoola Ashiraf \u2013 Eastern<br>7- Ongeria Immaculate -West Nile<br>8- Nassolo Elizabeth -Kampala<br>9- Mutonyi Jane-Buganda<br>10- Nantabo Lydia -Eastern<br>11- Mafumo Mustafa-Kampala<br>12-Mbabali Samuel -Kampala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13- Mironso Azed- Buganda<br>14 \u2013 Lubwama Ivan -Kampala<br>15- Ijaga Muzamiru \u2013 West Nile<br>16- Happy Badru- Westnile<br>17- Opolot Shafic-North Eastern<br>18- Mawerere Musa -Eastern<br>19- Mugerwa Innocent -Kitara<br>20- Nayebare Babra \u2013 Kampala<br>21- Kyamanywa Thomas- Western<br>22- Lubwama Hakim- Kampala<br>23- Abbas Patience \u2013 Western<br>24- Kwoshaba Angellah \u2013 Western<br>25- Kinyera Fed \u2013 Northern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federation of Uganda Football Associations,( FUFA) released a list referees who will officiate the Startimes Uganda Premier league season 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