Uganda’s youngest referee to referee CAF Schools Championship

Uganda’s youngest referee star Jabeth Ojilong Elly continues to shine brighter and brighter in his steps to become the best football referee in Uganda.

Following his impressive performance as a center referee in the local league and regional school championship, Ojilong has been included in the list of 21 referees for this year’s CAF African School Championship, which will be held from May 21 to 24 in the recently renovated Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar.

Ojilong is the only Ugandan on the list for the second edition of the championship and joins Kevin Tuyihimbaze (Rwanda), Habib Hamad Habib (Tanzania) and Ishimwe woman Rolande Cressy (Burundi) as the only three selected from the region. East africa.

“I feel honored and encouraged to continue working hard and I thank God for the guidance. I promise to go to Zanzibar and do my best to maintain trust,” Ojilong said.

The 17-year-old who goes to S.5 at Amus College School was at the center of several difficult matches at the recently concluded USSSA national men’s football championship in Masaka.

Jabeth Ojilong shakes hands with Kimaanya captain

In the championship, he officiated the quarter-final match between local team Blessed Sacrament Kimaanya and record winners St Mary’s Kitende, watched by a mammoth crowd with Kitende winning 2-0, but Kimaanya supporters did not rant.

Ojilong’s highest level of refereeing on the local scene this year has come in second-round matches in the Ugandan Premier League following their promotion in January.

He has also coached USSSA under 16 national championships, FUFA Odilo tournaments, USSSA Elite games, USSSA Teso zonal qualifiers, CECAFA under 15 in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi, FUFA Big League, FUFA Women’s Elite League, FUFA Juniors League and the Cup Uganda. .

Ojilong Jabeth (center) warns team leaders Kimaanya and Kitende

The soft-spoken boy and former Ngora Secondary School student who passed UCE with a first grade (Agg 20), is the youngest national FUFA referee in the country.

Born on 02/09/2006 as the second child of Samuel Ojilong (Primary Teacher) and Calorine Amoding (Secretary) of Kadok Village in Ngora District, Ojilong attended Bazaar Ward Primary School and Ngora Secondary School for O ‘Level and now at Amus College. for high school.

CECAFA will be represented by the women’s and men’s champions and Ugandans Kawempe Moslem and St Mary’s Kitende with the winner pocketing US$300,000 (about US$1,095,000,000) and US$200,000 (about US$730,000,000) for the runners-up the bronze medalists will take home $150,000 each. (547,500,000USH) courtesy of the CAF alliance with the Motsepe Foundation.