Shs3.7b bonus

Kampala. In appreciation for the Uganda Cranes’ imperious performance on their way back to the Afcon finals due in Cameroon next year President Yoweri Museveni has decided to extend a Shs3.7bn ($1m) bonus to the triumphant players and staff.
Fufa president Moses Magogo yesterday confirmed that the players and technical staff that have been with the team in the entire campaign had each received the cash bonus on their bank accounts.
He however didn’t divulge how much each would get or how the funds were wired from State House to their concerned parties’ accounts.
Fufa drafted a long list of the beneficiaries and sent it to State House and sources intimated that Uganda Cranes captain Denis Onyango, the Ministry of Sports and Education and National Council of Sports (NCS) followed up the bonuses to the players and staff bank accounts.

$6000 each
Magogo said that since president Museveni started bailing out the Cranes, the team’s logistics and accommodation have significantly improved whereas the chartered planes have increased the motivation as Uganda swept through Afcon Group L without conceding, netting seven goals and qualifying for Cameroon 2019 with 13 points and a game to spare.
“Players have been getting their bonuses from Fufa throughout the campaign. The double win over Lesotho saw each player getting $6000 (Shs23m),” Magogo said at the weekly press conference at Mengo.
“The President told me to advise the players to use the money profitably, and I have done so.
“I’m sure when the current Cranes players retire, they will not be like the ones that come to break Fufa house glasses.”
Magogo was quick to add that the player remunerations have not come without challenges and vowed to continue to fend for football with the government as the key partner.
He revealed that Museveni implored the Cranes to win the remaining tie against Tanzania in Dar es Salaam (in March) - and confirmed that they intend to summon a full strength side.
Uganda qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations - for the seventh time - after edging Cape Verde 1-0 at Namboole Stadium on Saturday courtesy of Patrick Kaddu’s 78th minute header.