Referee training kicks off

By: Marcel Nzabamwita

The Rwandan Football Federation (FERWAFA) with the assistance from FIFA and CAF have started a one week training for the referees and their instructors in preparation for the season that kicks of Mid September.

Presiding over the opening ceremony at Amahoro Stadium conference room this morning, the President of FERWAFA Brig. Jean Bosco Kazura argued the soccer technicians to work with tireless zeal to improve on the local tournamants.

“Referees are inherently leaders who are usually in charge of more than just 22 players in their daily lives. And the most important characteristic of a leader is humility.

“This humility should enable you to listen and watch and learn what takes place in the game in order to lead the players in the right way” he added.

Alain Mungwenge accompanied by Technical Instructor Remy Dawili represented FIFA while CAF was represented by Augustin Njoya..

Mungwenge also stressed that the training program should help improve the quality of football as a game and it is the role of the referees to teach the players what to do and what not to do in the game.

He went on to add that Rwanda was submitted in the FIFA annual list of countries where the refereeing conditions were ideal for the development of the game.

Rwanda is increasingly showing professionalism in the refereeing discipline and was represented in the 2010 world cup in South Africa by Celestin Ntagungira and in the 2011 U-17 world cup in Mexico by Felicien Kabanda.

Meanwhile, Training for the Amavubi national team kicks off at La Pallisse Clubhouse in preparation for the game against Ivory Coast early next month.