{"id":6078,"date":"2026-07-20T19:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/?p=6078"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:08:44","slug":"cecafa-toleo-la-mwaka-huu-2026-latarajiwa-kuwa-na-ushindani-mkubwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/cecafa-toleo-la-mwaka-huu-2026-latarajiwa-kuwa-na-ushindani-mkubwa\/","title":{"rendered":"CECAFA : Toleo la mwaka huu 2026 latarajiwa kuwa na ushindani mkubwa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Na Christopher Karenzi<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rwanda ni mwenyeji wa mshindano ya&nbsp;CECAFA Kagame Cup 2026, ni mashindano makubwa &nbsp;ya vilabu katika ukanda wa Afrika Mashariki na Kati. Yatafanyika kuanzia&nbsp;Julai 24 hadi Agosti 7, 2026, katika viwanja vya&nbsp;Amahoro Stadium&nbsp;na&nbsp;Kigali Pel\u00e9 Stadium, jijini Kigali.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kwa mujibu wa<strong>Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Rwanda (FERWAFA)<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>limetangaza kuwa mechi za ufunguzi za mashindano ya<strong>CECAFA Kagame Cup 2026<\/strong>zitachezwa katika<strong>Uwanja wa Amahoro<\/strong><strong> &nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Ijumaa, tarehe 24 Julai 2026<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mashindano haya yanayoshirikisha klabu kutoka Afrika Mashariki na Kati yamekuwa yakifadhiliwa na Rais <strong>Paul Kagame<\/strong> tangu mwaka 2002. Mara ya mwisho kufanyika nchini Rwanda ilikuwa mwaka 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/amahoro-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6080\" style=\"width:1055px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/amahoro-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/amahoro-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/amahoro-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                            APR FC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mwaka huu, mashindano yatashirikisha timu <strong>12<\/strong> zilizogawanywa katika makundi matatu. Timu zitakazoziwakilisha Rwanda ni <strong>APR FC<\/strong>na <strong>Rayon Sports<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mechi za ufunguzi za CECAFA Kagame Cup 2026 zitakuwa za <strong>Kundi A<\/strong>, na zote zitachezwa katika Uwanja wa Amahoro siku ya Ijumaa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuanzia saa <strong>9:00 alasiri<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>Vipers FC<\/strong> ya Uganda itacheza dhidi ya <strong>Garde R\u00e9publicaine FC<\/strong> ya Djibouti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mechi inayosubiriwa kwa hamu zaidi siku hiyo itaanza saa <strong>1:00 jioni<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> ambapo <strong>APR FC<\/strong> ya Rwanda itamenyana na<strong>Gor Mahia<\/strong> ya Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kabla ya mashindano haya kuanza, tarehe 18 Julai 2026, kulifanyika &nbsp;hafla &nbsp;ya Rayon&nbsp; Day, mwaka huu iliaalikwa Gormahia FC ya Kenya, mechi iliyopigwa kwenye uwanja wa Pele&nbsp; jijini Kigali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wenyeji Rayon, waliibwaga Gormahia mabao 2-0 katika mechi ya kirafiki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/amahoro-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6081\" style=\"width:1055px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/amahoro-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/amahoro-3-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/amahoro-3-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Toleo la CECAFA mwaka huu linatarajiwa kuwa na ushindani mkubwa kutokana na ushiriki wa baadhi ya timu &nbsp;zenye historia na mafanikio makubwa katika ukanda huu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Baptiste Musabyimana, Makamu Mwenyekiti wa Rayon sports, kuelekea mashindano haya ya CECAFA &nbsp;alitoa kauli hii &nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Tumepata nafasi nzuri kupitia mashindano haya ya CECAFA tunayokwenda kushiriki. Yakimalizika, yatatupa picha halisi ya kiwango cha timu hii. Lakini mnaijua CECAFA ilivyo. Hata hivyo, kombe liko nyumbani kwetu, na tutafanya kila liwezekanalo ili libaki hapa.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mwaka uliopita, 2025, Singida Black Stars ya Tanzania ilitwaa ubingwa wa mashindano ya CECAFA&nbsp; baada ya kuifunga Al Hilal Omdurman ya Sudan kwa mabao 2-1 katika fainali. APR FC, iliyoiwakilisha Rwanda, ilimaliza mashindano katika nafasi ya tatu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Makundi ya CECAFA Kagame Cup 2026:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kundi A:APR FC (Rwanda), Vipers SC (Uganda),Gor Mahia (Kenya), FC Garde R\u00e9publicaine (Djibouti)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kundi B<\/strong>:Singida Big Stars (Tanzania),Simba SC (Tanzania),Jamus (Sudani Kusini),Mogadishu City (Somalia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kundi C:<\/strong> Al Hilal SC (Sudani),Rayon Sports (Rwanda),Tusker FC (Kenya), KVZ SC (Zanzibar)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Na Christopher Karenzi Rwanda ni mwenyeji wa mshindano ya&nbsp;CECAFA Kagame Cup 2026, ni mashindano makubwa &nbsp;ya vilabu katika ukanda wa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-imikino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6082,"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6078\/revisions\/6082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightafrica.rw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}