The Uganda youth football association (UYFA) chairman Roberts Kiwanuka has been named the Vice chairman on the Federation of Uganda football associations (FUFA) Football Development Committee and FUFA Hotel Kisaasi Management Committee for the 2025-27 period.
Kiwanuka, also the Rays of Grace academy director, was named by the FUFA Executive committee in compliance with the FUFA Statutes.
He returns to the football development committee in the similar capacity after an impressive four-year period under Executive committee member Ronnie Kalema as the chairperson.
Kiwanuka’s passion for youth football is unmatched, his academy has been one of the top academies feeding the national underage teams. Recently, Rays of Grace academy had two players Isabirye Erick and Laurian Lwesibawa on the Uganda Cubs team for the Afcon U17 Cecafa qualifiers in Ethiopia.
The academy also had two players on the Uganda Cubs team at the FIFA U17 World cup.
The academy, located at Kirugu-Njeru, partners with the top football secondary schools in the country where many of its players study on bursaries.
To further stamp his passion for youth football development, Kiwanuka recently invited the Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Anita Among and FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo to launch a state-of-the-art sports complex to mark the institution’s 10-year anniversary.
