• KCCA FC 2-2 Onduparaka FC

KCCA FC shared spoils with Onduparaka FC in a 2-2 stalemate in the Uganda Premier League at MTN Omondi, Lugogo today evening.

KCCA squandered a two-goal lead that they held onto till the 88th minute of the game.

The hosts were the best side of the evening but they lost attention and were punished in the last six minutes of the game including added time.

The Kasasiro Boys came in the game knowing a victory will send them on top of the log but Emmanuel Okech’s late brace denied them all points.

Said Mayanja placed the ball in the back of the net but the goal was cancelled after sighting an offside in the build-up.

Muhammad Shaban came close with his head but the forward failed to direct the ball on the target.

Rashid Yakini had a chance to give the Caterpillars a lead with a few minutes to end the first stanza but Benjamin Ochan pulled off a stunning save to deny the fellow captain.

Eight minutes into the second stanza, Moses Waiswa gave the hosts a well-deserved lead through a well-curled free kick from the edge of the box.

Ten minutes later, Allan Okello doubled the lead with a well-taken effort after beating a forest of legs in the area.

But with two minutes to play, Okech scored a brilliant curling effort past Ochan.

In added time, Okech raised high beating his maker Mustafa Mujuzi to node home a late leveler.

It was the first time the Lugogo-based side has dropped points under new tactician Jackson Mayanja.

The point leaves KCCA second on the log with 45 points while Onduparaka is still bottom with 15.

Saturday, April 29

• Gaddafi FC 0-1 KCCA FC
• SC Villa 1-0 Vipers SC
• URA FC 2-3 Maroons

Julius Poloto’s strike was the difference as KCCA Football Club went past Gaddafi Football Club in a 1-0 victory in the Uganda Premier League at Kakindu Stadium.

The winger came off the bench to ensure Jackson Mayanja’s reign at KCCA remains.

Allan Okello had a chance to give the visitors a lead but Gaddafi’s custodian Joel Mutakubwa pulled off a stunning save after 10 minutes.

Six minutes later, Muhammad Shaban found the back of the net but the assistant referee raised the flag for offside.

Bakali Magumba’s clearance nearly went into his goal as he tried to deal with Okello’s delivery.

The hosts came so close as Joel Madondo’s effort rattled the frame as the visitors escaped the scare.

In the 73rd minute, Poloto broke the deadlock. The winger was set up by Saidi Mayanja before he shot hard into the net.

The victory keeps the Kasasiro Boys in the second position on the log with 44 points, two behind log leaders SC Villa who have played two games more.

Gaddafi remains 10th on the log with 29 points gathered from 23 matches.

Next on the menu for KCCA is Onduparaka on Tuesday, April 2 while Gaddafi will make a trip to Kitende to play Vipers on the same day.

KCCA Football Club are seeking back-to-back wins as they make a trip to Jinja to face Gaddafi at Kakindu Stadium, Jinja today.

It will be the second game for new tactician Jackson “Mia Mia” Mayanja who started his reign with a 4-1 win over SC Villa at the MTN Omondi Stadium.

The victory also marked the end of the four-game winless run creating hope for the KCCA faithful that they can still clinch the title of the ongoing season.

“Each game now is like a final, if we want to be champions, we must win each game that we play,” Mayanja told the club media before adding; “My major target is to win this trophy and regain the lost hope to everyone attached to the club.”

“We are prepared as a team. The players have listened to us and are now catching up. Players should know the demands of the manager and adapt to them,” he stressed.

Mayanja underlined the need to attack with vigour to pick maximum points. “We need to go all out and pick three points because we have no other assignment apart from winning our games and that’s all.”

“I respect Wasswa Bbosa (Gaddafi’s head coach), I have seen him, for now, quite a while and we know each other very well. So it will be relatively a hard game but all in all, we have to win.”

The Kasasiro Boys will miss the services of their lethal forward Rogers Mato due to injury but Mayanja notes the team has many players and they will find a direct replacement.

“First of all, we have an injury setback for Mato. I did not want to push him because he got a muscle strain so that one is already out. But have a replacement because I trust all the players here.”

The Lugogo-based beat Gaddafi 2-1 in the first leg though the Army Boys won the last duel between the two sides that was played in their fortress.

KCCA are second on the log with 41 points while Gaddafi is 10th on 29 having played a game more.

• KCCA FC 4-1 SC Villa
• Wakiso Giants 3-0 Gaddafi

KCCA Football Club interim manager Jackson Magera started his reign at MTN Omondi Stadium on Sunday.

It was a perfect start to the story as KCCA registered a 4-1 victory against SC Villa in the Kampala Derby.

After the heavy downpour, the fans turned up at MTN Omondi Stadium to be witnesses of the Kampala Derby.

The Lugogo-based side brought an end to a poor spell that had seen them go five games without a win.

While SC Villa suffered a second loss in a row after falling to Arua Hill in a 1-0 on Wednesday.

KCCA opened the scoring in the 22nd minute as Tshisungu Kankonde nodded home after being set up by Allan Okello after beating Villa custodian Martin Elungat.

Five minutes later, Saidi Mayanja extended the hosts’ lead with a diving header from Kakonde’s cross from the left flank.

Five minutes into the second stanza, Charles Bbaale was in the right place to convert from close range after KCCA’s custodian Benjamin Ochan punched into play.

Two minutes past half an hour mark, Rogers Mato made it three for the hosts after his emphatic effort left Elungat helplessly beaten before Julius Poloto completed the rout in added time.

The victory leaves SC Villa at the summit with 43 points, two above KCCA FC who have played two games less.

In the next games, SC Villa will host Vipers on Saturday while KCCA will visit Gaddafi on the same day.

After the departure of Morley Byekwaso, KCCA FC continue to ring changes as they seek to boost and strengthen their technical team.

The latest addition at MTN Omondi Stadium is Daniel Nassani Mutenza.

Mutenza has been appointed as an assistant coach of the first team as well as the assistant coach of the Junior Team.

Mutenza is a former KCCA player and he returns to add knowledge and experience as the team seeks to secure the best from a season that has seen ups and lows.

Mutenza has put pen to paper on a short-term contract that will see him be at the club until the end of June.

He comes at a time when the club has an assignment of going past log leaders SC in today’s duel.

KCCA has had a poor run registering a winless run of three draws and a loss in the recent outings.

The Kasasiro Boys are five points off the summit with two games in hand, if they pick maximum results then their season will be back on track.

• KCCA vs Villa
• Wakiso Giants vs Onduparaka