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Former Uganda star Kyazze promises to petition parliament over plight of retired players

Former Uganda international Frank Kyazze has promised to table issues of retired players in parliament.

Kyazze is expected to run for the parliamentary seat of the Makindye Municipality in the general elections of 2021 and has promised to make the issues of the former Cranes’ his priority.

The death of Uganda’s most decorated captain Jimmy Kirunda exposed more reports of the retired players who are struggling in their lives.

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Willy Kyambadde, Andrew ‘Fimbo’ Mukasa, and Obadiah Ssemakula have also been reported to be facing a lot of challenges.

“In the 70s and 80s, we normally played for honour, not money as it is now where players get lucrative deals and get paid huge sums of money,” Kyazze told Sports Nation.