KCCA FC return to Western Uganda this weekend, stepping into Kamwenge for a showdown with Mbarara City FC, a fixture loaded with history, emotion, and the lingering echoes of one of Ugandan football’s strangest boardroom decisions.
This marks the club’s first journey to face the Ankole Lions since the infamous Gavin Kizito “yellow card” debacle, a saga that spiraled all the way to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Even after assembling a detailed case and pushing for justice on the international stage, KCCA abruptly pulled out under circumstances that still spark debate among fans.
Much has shifted since those turbulent days. The Kasasiro Boys, thirteen-time Ugandan champions, are now under the joint stewardship of Jackson Magera and Brian Ssenyondo, with a title chase slowly gathering momentum. They sit second on the table with 14 points, just behind SC Villa, and victory in Kamwenge would temporarily send them to the summit.
But Magera is quick to dismiss any talk of home-field advantage, simply because the match is being held away from Mbarara City’s traditional ground.
“I don’t think we have any advantage because the game is played in Kamwenge,” said Magera. “But the target is to win and get three points as we move towards achieving our goal this season,” he added.
For the hosts, the stakes are different, but just as urgent. Mbarara City find themselves rooted in the bottom two with only five points and a single win to their name. Yet history hands them a glimmer of confidence: after last season’s result at Kakyeeka was nullified, the Ankole Lions have impressively avoided defeat against KCCA at home in each of their last seven meetings.
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As Kamwenge prepares to stage this intriguing encounter, one thing is certain, every subplot, statistic, and memory adds another layer to a match that rarely disappoints.
