Kagera Sugar adds Mbeya City FC winger to signing spree

03Aug 2023
Michael Mwebe
MBEYA
Sport
The Guardian
Kagera Sugar adds Mbeya City FC winger to signing spree

KAGERA Sugar has continued to bolster the squad for the 2023/24 NBC Premier League season with the signing of  Mbeya City FC left winger Gasper Mwaipasi.

 

Mwaipasi joins the sugar millers after Mbeya City FC was relegated to the Championship League last season.

Mbeya City FC had a terrible campaign last season which saw the club finish the Premier League whilst holding on to 14th place. 

The team led by Ugandan coach Abdallah Mubiru had a chance to save the top-flight status during the promotion/relegation playoffs.

However, the squad failed as the then Championship League outfit Mashujaa FC managed to win the playoffs against the former and got promoted to the top tier instead.

Mwaipasi becomes the second player from Mbeya City FC to join Kagera Sugar in the ongoing transfer window.

He was preceded by winger Richardson Ng’ondya. The winger made six appearances for Mbeya City FC, contributing two assists.

Kagera Sugar is one of the busiest teams in the ongoing transfer window, having also announced the signing of Obrey Chirwa from Ihefu SC, Ally Ngh’anzi as a free agent, and midfielder Cleophace Mkandala from Azam FC.

They also raided Mashujaa FC and signed highly-rated striker Abiud Mtumbuka who was pivotal in pushing the Kigoma-based side to first ever top-flight promotion. Ugandan defender Dickson Gideon is another addition to the Kagera-based squad.

Kagera Sugar under head coach Mecky Mexime has undergone a major squad clear-out following another disappointing season. 

Seven players including former Simba SC winger Yusuph Muhilu have been deemed surplus to requirement at the club.

Others are center-back Laurent Alfred, and midfielders Yusuph Dunia, Meshack Abraham, Jackson Kibirige, Eric Mwijage, and Abeid Athumani.

Mwijage, a speedy, skilful midfielder, has gone on to put pen to paper for Armenian club, FC West Armenia, which has as well roped in Tanzanian forward, Yusuph Athuman, on loan from Yanga.

FC West Armenia was, in the just-ended season, promoted to the 2023/24 Armenian Premier League.

Kagera Sugar which finished 11th last season having collected 35 points in 30 matches, is in the final stages of the club's pre-season training.

The Kagera club is today expected to play against Uganda Premier League champions, Vipers SC, in an international club-friendly tie in Kampala, Uganda.

 

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