All Stars Charity Event December 2009 Highlights

As a means of raising funds, KSEM linked up with the Association of Cameeronian Sportsmen in France to help in organising a charity event with proceeds going to the children’s home. The event was planned to include a fundraising dinner, a scheduled visit to the children’s Home, a football match with a select Uganda national team and a soccer clinic for children and youths. World Ventures Limited a regional Tours and travel company and Orange telecom Uganda a telecom giant funded the organisation of the event. A number of famous ex-African football players were invited to grace the events. These included Africa’s greatest playmaker Cyril Mackanaky Cameroon’s alltime top goal scorer Patrick Mboma, 1990 world cup hero Omam Biyik, his equally succesful brother Omam Biyik, 1990 and 1994 Cameroon world cup hero Maboang Kessack, Belgium-based former Rwanda National team captain Olivier Karekyezi, Kenya’s Henry Mutego, Thomas Opio and Tony Luanga.

While the organisation was not able to raise funds due to a poor turn up at the events, with the participation of the invited African legends, KSEM registered a number of successes especially regarding exposure of the organisation’s ativities. The Minister of Security who was the guest of honour at the fundraising dinner acknowlegded the work being done by KSEM together with its partners in shaping the future of Uganda’s children. Also in attendance was Uganda’s Sports Minister who commended the organisation for their contribution to the developmnt of sports in the country.
The organisation has enjoyed a wide coverage of its activities in the national media since then. With this in view the organisation is also exploring ways of how to work with a number of individuals and organisations who have expressed interest in extending a helping hand.

The football stars visited the children’s home were they shared motivational expereinces with the children. They signed autographs and took pictures with the excited children and promised to extend a helping hand in future when called upon.

More School of Excellence Players called to National team

A total of four members of Kampala School of Excellence Football team have been called to the national U-17 and U-20 teams in preparations for major tournaments. The players were summoned after intensive scrutiny and scounting undertaken by The Federation of Uganda Football Associations Technical team. Three of the summoned players are on football exchange programs with West-African based football clubs.
Henry Kasirye a midfielder who turns out for Kumasi based Highlanders FC of Ghana has been called to the national U-20 squad. Kasirye has played for a number of teams before his return to Kampala recently. While captain of Kampala School of Excellence Football Club, he led the team to the finals of the Rubaga Second Divison league helping it to qualify to the First Division.
He later moved on to Ivory Coast where he featured for Centre Formation Botou Dientenku in the Ivorian Third league. He soon caught the eyes of Ghana-based Welfare Stars playing in the country's Second Division. Kasirye playing qualities were soon realised by George Arthur Oteng, Chairman of Highlanders Football Club of Ghana who sighned him for the 2009/2010 season. He is currently back in Uganda and has rejoined his former colleagues in training at Kampala School of Excellence Football Club.

His Ghana-based colleague Yasin Muyimba has been called to the national U-17 team that has gone into residential training. Yasin was part of the Kampala School of Excellence Football team that Henry led to the finals of the 2007 Second Division. He moved to Ivory Coast playing for Centre Formation Botou Dientenku together with Henry Kasirye until he caught the attention of Ghana-based Welfare Stars which he played for until his recent calling to the national U-17 team.

Also called to the national U-20 team is Kampala School of Excellence FC's Moses Nsubuga currently playing for Cameroon-based Etoile Sportive ISMACO. Nsubuga was KSEFC's Captain in the Country's first division before he moved to ISMACO on an exchange program.
Another KSEFC player Mohamed Kanakulya also received summons to feature for Uganda's national U-17 team that has gone into residential training shortly before Easter. The youthful defender was part of the Uganda Super 11 selected to play against a team of African Stars in December 2009 which included Cyril Mackanaky, Omam Biyik and Patrick Mboma. Kanakulya currently plays for KSEFC in the Uganda First Division.