Eleven officials from the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Zone have been selected to officiate at the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The tournament is slated for January 13th to February 11th, 2024 in Cote d’Ivoire with CECAFA giving six referees, three assistants, and two VAR referees selected from Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti and Sudan.
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Kenya is represented by the trio of Peter Waweru Kamaku, Gilbert Cheriyot and Stephen Yiembe with Rwanda’s Salima Rhadia Mukansanga being the only female selected from the Zone where she will work as a VAR referee. Mukansanga who became the first female referee to officiate at the AFCON in 2022 has also officiated at the Olympic Games, Africa Women’s Cup of Nations, Africa Women’s Champions League, FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Ethiopia’s experienced Tessema Weyesa Bamlak, Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda), Omar Abdulkadir Artan (Somalia), Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi) and Sudan’s Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail are part of the 26 referees selected.
Apart from Cheriyot and Yiembe, Libam Aboulrazack (Djibouti) are among the 30 assistant referees selected, while Mukansanga and Sudan’s Ibrahim Abdallah Mohamed are part of the 12 VAR referees.
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