World Cup Qualifiers: Big boost for Uganda Cranes as three players join camp

Three players, including goalkeepers Ismail Watenga and Salim Jamal Magoola, as well as defender Halid Lwaliwa, have joined the Uganda Cranes camp in Morocco.

The trio is the latest bunch to link with the team ahead of the World Cup qualification bouts with Guinea and Somalia slated for Friday and Tuesday, respectively.

Watenga and Jamal feature for South African outfits Golden Arrows and Richard Bay, respectively, while Lwaliwa plays for North Macedonia's FK Bregalnica Stip.

On Monday, seven players, including Richard Basangwa, Rogers Mato, Aziz Kayondo, Elvis Bwomono, Khalid Aucho, Fahad Bayo and Bevis Mugabi, joined the team that had departed from the country over the weekend.

Meanwhile, Express FC midfielder Ramz Kawooya is also expected to join the team later in the day, having been a late addition. He departed the country on Tuesday.

Unconfirmed reports have indicated Kawooya is set to replace Bobosi Byaruhanga, who allegedly is a significant doubt for the games, having sustained an injury setback in training.

The latest incomings make it 26 players currently in camp with Kawooya, Ibrahim Juma of Leganes in Spain and SC Ashdod's Timothy Awany yet to join.