CECAFA YAPUNGUZA IDADI YA WACHEZAJI KUPUNGUZA GHARAMA. NCHI WASHIRIKI LAZIMA KULIPA ADA YA USHIRIKI YA DOLARI 1500..

Baraza la vyama vya soka ukanda wa Afrika mashariki na kati  (CECAFA) limeweka sheria ngumu ambazo nchi zote washiriki wa michuano ya Chalenji zitalazimika kuzifuata kama wanataka mashindano hayo kufanyika vema.

Kwa mujibu wa katibu wa baraza hilo Nicholas Musonye, sheria hizo ni pamoja nchi shiriki kulipa dolari za kimarekani USD 1500 kama ada ya ushiriki mashindano ambayo inatakiwa kulipwa kabla ya michuano hiyo kufunguliwa.

It’s however not stated whether Zambia which is the only guest team in this year’s edition will also be required to pay that fee.

In other rules, each team is only allowed 25 members that the Local Organising Committee will be responsible for with not more than 20 players registered for the competition.

This implies that any team will have utmost 20 players that won’t be altered regardless of injuries suffered during the tournament and a maximum of five officials including coaches and the medical personnel.

The council has also introduced penalties for participants that find themselves on the other side of the law. Teams that fail to register their players before deadline which interestingly has not been revealed will have to part with US $ 200 while failure to honour a pre/post match meeting will fetch a penalty of US $ 100.

The tournament is scheduled to kick off on Wednesday November 27 in Kenya and will be hosted at various venues in Nairobi, Mombasa, Machakos and Kisumu.

Uganda Cranes are the tournament’s defending champions.

Below is the summarized rules and fines set by CECAFA

Rules:

1.    All member associations MUST pay an annual subscription fee of U$ 1500 before kickoff.

2.   Team lists must have only 20 players and cannot be altered. Shirt numbers will range between 1 and 20.

3.   No player shall be allowed to use more than one shirt number during the tournament.

4.   Teams eliminated in the preliminary stages will be required to leave within the next 24 hours unless there are absolutely no flight connections.

5.   Pre-match meetings will be held at 1000Hrs one day before the match.

6.   Starting line-ups must be confirmed to the CECAFA secretariat at least two hours before kickoff time. Teams must be at the stadium at least one hour before kickoff time.

7.   Each team is allowed a total of 25 people inclusive of players and officials.

8.   U$ 50 for any appeal complaint lodged. Such protests must be submitted to CECAFA at least three hours after the game.

Fines:

1. U$ 200 for every team failing to register its players on time.

2. U $ 100 for teams failing to honour the pre/post-match interviews.

3. U$ 50 for lateness to pre-match meetings. U$ 50 will be a fine for teams reporting late to stadium.

4. U$ 50 for teams reporting to pre-match meetings without captains. 

5. U$ 50 for teams reporting for pre-match meetings without uniforms.

6. U$ 50 for a player who fails to produce a passport.