Cecafa General Secretary Nicholas Musonye has claimed there are better replacements for teams that opted to withdraw from the competition.
DC Motema Pembe from DR Congo is the latest team to withdraw from the region's oldest competition and they were replaced by another club from the country; AS Maniema Union who will now fill the void in Group D.
Simba SC and Yanga SC of Tanzania were the first two clubs to withdraw claiming participation in Cecafa will affect their pre-season training programmes.
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"So any team that feels like pulling out again, we have got far better replacements.