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- Updated: September 11, 2016
Burundi’s team at the Cecafa Women’s Championship in Uganda
Burundi and Kenya kicked off the 2016 Cecafa Women’s Championship with wins in the industrial town of Jinja, Uganda, despite problems off the pitch for tournament organisers.
The inaugural event got underway with a handful of fans at the FUFA Technical Centre as some teams complained about accommodation, claiming their players are sleeping in a hostel where eight beds are packed in one room.
Burundi beat Zanzibar 10-1 in the opening Group A game with Kenya then defeating Uganda’s Crested Cranes 4-0.
Burundi showed no respect to a Zanzibar side who had a player sent off as Djazilla Uwimeza netted a hat-trick, …