The
newly re-elected Rwanda Cricket Association president, Charles Haba has
pledged to put more effort in developing the sport across the country.
The
38-year-old former Right Guards CC player, was returned an opposed as
head of RCA, a position he has held since 2000. According to the RCA
constitution, the term of office is two years. After his re-election,
Haba said that in the previous years, focus was mainly on creating
awareness about cricket in the country.
“It
is now time to develop the game beyond Kigali. When we started RCA in
2000, cricket had just been introduced here, but today, the number has
increased to 5000 cricketers,” he said, adding that their target is to
double that number in the next one year.
In
addition to Haba, all the other executive committee members including
vice president Srinath Vardhineni, Secretary General Emmanuel Byiringiro
and Treasurer, Steven Musaale, retained their posts. Meanwhile, a new
position of head of women cricket was also created and will be headed by
Sonia Uwimana.
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