Vipers set to promote another youngster from Kitende to senior team

Fazil Tumwine (BLUE) in action for SMASK|COURTESY IMAGE

TRANSFERS Vipers set to promote another youngster from Kitende to senior team

Allan Damba • 09:43 - 09.01.2024

The school has, over the years, birthed talents that have played for the Venoms, other Uganda Premier League sides, and the Uganda Cranes, while some have taken the professional path.

Uganda Premier League champions Vipers SC will continue to benefit from their main feeder side, St Mary's Secondary School Kitende (SMASK), for budding talents.

Young SMASK attacker Fazil Tumwine is set to be elevated to the senior team on an employment contract.

Fazil Tumiwine (BLUE) in action for SMASK|COURTESY IMAGE

Tumwine is one of the hottest attacking prospects in school football, and the Venoms intend to tie him down to a contract before getting snatched by other takers.

Sources at the Kitende have intimated that an agreement has already been and penning down a contract is only a matter of when rather than if.

Tumwine was part of and excelled with the SMASK team that clinched glory in the 2023 Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) games held in Fort Portal.

SMASK also won the East African games (FEASSSA), with Tumwine scoring in the final that ended 1-1 with Amus College before the former won on penalties.

This season, Vipers has massively benefitted from the home-grown talent, with the likes of Jack Komakech, Enock Luyima Abubakali Walusimbi and Frank Katongole earning their debuts.

The school has, over the years, birthed talents that have played for the Venoms, other Uganda Premier League sides, and the Uganda Cranes, while some have taken the professional path.

Stars, including Farouk Miya, Abdu Lumala, Halid Lwaliwa, Bobosi Byaruhanga, Yunus Sentamu, Steven Sserwadda, Richard Basangwa, Karim Watambala and a host more, have been hatched at Kitende.

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