The management of Junior academy football club in Namokora sub county Kitgum district are organizing a memorial football tournament to remember the legacy of their locally celebrated talented fallen football and athletic coach, the late Daniel Olanya widely known as Ladege.
Olara Basil, the spokesperson for Junior academy FC today told this publication that the tournament will kickoff on the 6t January to 10 January 2024 with a total of 20 clubs expected to participate in this memorial tournament.
Each club that intends to participate in the game is expected to pay a total l of fifty-thousands shilling, the money the organizers say will be used to purchase prizes that will be awarded to the top 5 clubs and facilitate the officiating officials.
Olanya succumbed to health complications on the 27 November 2023 from Namokora health centre IV.
he died at the time he was coaching both Nam United, a football team merging all the select footballers from the greater Namokora Sub counties and Junior academy FC, one of the undisputable the football clubs in Namokora town council.
