The
newly appointed Minister of Sports and Culture, Julienne Uwacu has
challenged Amavubi to win the 2016 Africa Nations Championship (Chan)
that will be held in Rwanda from January 16-February 7.
Uwacu,
who replaced Joseph Habineza, while giving her maiden speech after
swearing in ceremony on Friday, also called upon all institutions that
operate under her ministry as well as other stakeholders to work
together in order to achieve greater success.
“We
need to work together as team, we have to work hard even in order to
achieve our mission and bring pride to our nation,” she said.
The minister added, “We are planning to beef up the national team with many warm-up games.
We
want to find the best approach to build a solid national team which
would be able to challenge and make sure the trophy stays in Rwanda.”
She
confirmed that construction works on modern stadiums that will host the
African Nations Championship have reached advanced stage. The
competition will be held at Amhoro Stadium, Kigali Regional Stadium,
Huye Stadium and Umuganda Stadium in Rubavu District.
Chan is a competition reserved for players featuring in their respective domestic leagues.
Democratic
Republic of Congo won the inaugural tournament in Cote d’Ivoire in
2009, Tunisia won the 2011 edition in Sudan while Libya are the
defending champions.
The former Minister of Sports and Culture, Habineza will officially hand over office to Uwacu on Monday.
Uwacu
has been a Member of Parliament since 2008. Before joining the Chamber
of Deputies, Uwacu served as the Vice Mayor of Nyabihu District in
charge of economy and development.
Source: New Times
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