{"id":77495,"date":"2024-10-22T06:27:18","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T03:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=77495"},"modified":"2024-10-22T06:28:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T03:28:37","slug":"dembe-shines-but-hippos-miss-afcon-slot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/dembe-shines-but-hippos-miss-afcon-slot\/","title":{"rendered":"Dembe shines but Hippos miss Afcon slot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/uganda\/fred-mwambu-3222258\">Fred Mwambu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Paul Dembe was the silver lining in Uganda Hippos&#8217; dark cloud. He emerged as the top scorer of the Cecafa qualifiers of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, which concluded on Sunday in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda Hippos, under the tutelage of Matia Lule, failed to make it a third consecutive appearance to the continental finals after losing to Tanzania in the semifinals. Against Tanzania, the Hippos had themselves to blame after failing to defend captain Toto Majub&#8217;s goal in the first minute of the second half. Tanzania&#8217;s Sabri Kondo slalomed through four Ugandan shirts to score the equalizer from a tight angle before scoring in the 73rd minute to force the game into extra time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/uganda\/sports\/soccer\/dembe-shines-but-hippos-miss-afcon-slot-4799414\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Fred Mwambu John Paul Dembe was the silver lining in Uganda Hippos&#8217; dark cloud. He emerged as the top scorer of the Cecafa qualifiers of the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, which concluded on Sunday in Tanzania. Uganda Hippos, under the tutelage of Matia Lule, failed to make it a third consecutive appearance to the continental finals after losing to Tanzania in the semifinals. 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