Ku mugoroba wo kuri uyu wa Gatanu, mbere y’amasaha make ngo ibihugu byombi bifitanye amateka yihariye mu mupira w’amaguru byongere guhurira mu mukino ubanza uzatanga amahirwe yo kwerekeza mu mikino ya CHAN, Ambasaderi Mugambage yasuye abasore b’Amavubi abasaba guhagararira neza igihugu.

Yagize ati “Muzakoreshe imbaraga zanyu zose kugira ngo muheshe ishema igihugu cyacu. Icyo nabizeza ni uko mutari mwenyine, Abanyarwanda baba muri Uganda biteguye kuza kubashyigikira ari benshi.”

Kapiteni w’Amavubi, Ndayishimiye Eric Bakame, utazagaragara kuri uyu mukino kubera amakarita abiri y’umuhondo yahawe ku mukino wa Tanzania u Rwanda rwasezereye mu cyiciro kibanza, yahaye Abanyarwanda icyizere ko biteguye kwitwara neza.

Bakame yagize ati “Twishimiye uko twakiriwe hano muri Uganda. Kuva ku Kibuga cy’indege, Ambasade yacu yatubaye hafi ndetse tunacumbikirwa kuri hoteli nziza iri hafi y’amazi. Natwe ntabwo tuzatenguha Abanyarwanda tuzabahesha intsinzi.”

Amavubi yahagurutse mu Rwanda ku wa Kane, yajyanye intego yo kongera kwandikira amateka kuri Uganda bayikuraho itike nk’uko bakuru babo babigezeho mu 2004 ubwo babonaga iyo kwerekeza muri CAN yabereye muri Tuniziya.

Amavubi amaze umunsi umwe muri Uganda acumbikiwe muri Imperial Resort Beach Hotel.

Ku rundi ruhande, ikipe y’Igihugu ya Uganda yongeye kugarura akanyamuneza mbere yo gucakirana n’Amavubi kuri uyu wa Gatandatu, tariki ya 12 Kanama 2017, nyuma y’inkuru ishimishije yo kugaruka k'umwe mu bakinnyi b’inkingi zayo za mwamba, Savio Kabugo wari wavunitse.

Uyu mukino uzabera kuri St Mary Kitende Stadium saa cyenda z’i Kigali (saa kumi z’i Kampala) uzasifurwa n’Abarundi Ndabihawenimana Pacifique, Baguma Gustave, Habimana Willy na Gatogato Georges naho uhagarariye umukino akazaba ari Mohamed Omar Abubaker Yusuf ukomoka muri Kenya.

Abakinnyi umutoza Antoine Hey yajyanye muri Uganda:

Ndayishimiye Eric Bakame, Nzarora Marcel, Kimenyi Yves, Nsabimana Aimable, Rucogoza Aimable, Manzi Thierry, Kayumba Soter, Bishira Latif, Niyonzima Olivier, Mukunzi Yannick, Bizimana Djihad, Muhire Kevin, Imanishimwe Emmanuel, Muvandimwe Jean Marie Vianney, Iradukunda Eric, Nshuti Dominique Savio, Mubumbyi Barnabé, Nshimiyimana Amran na Biramahire Abeddy.