{{President Paul Kagame has sent U$ 60.000 to CECAFA secretariat as the prize money for the winners in this year’s regional club championship.}}
“His Excellence the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has sent the prize money and it’s with me. I want to commend him for his continued love for the game”, said Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye.
Kagame has been offering this same amount for the last dozen years and Musonye said he had promised to continue with the arrangement even after leaving politics.
The money will be shared among the top three clubs with the champion walking away with U$ 30,000, the first runners-up U$ 20,000 and U$ 10,000 for the third placed club.
The finals of the ongoing Cecafa-Kagame club championship will be played on Monday in El-Fasher City IN Sudan between APR FC and the winners in today’s semi finals between Rayon Sport and Vital’O.
To storm the finals APR eliminated Express FC 2-0 in the quarter finals before edging El-Merreikh 3-1 on spot kick yesterday.
Rayon Sport dumped URA 3-2 to reach the semis. If they win this afternoon, then the finals will be a derby of two Rwandese clubs.
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