By Austin Oduor Otieno,

Defending Tanzanian Mainland Vodacom league champions Yanga today began  training  for the upcoming CECAFA club championship(Kagame Cup) and the start of the 2015/16 Vodacom Premier league.

The Kagame Cup will begin on 11th July 2015 in Dar es Salaam.

Dutch coach Hans Van der Pluijm jetted in yesterday and began training  with the few players who were available as most players are with the senior team( Taifa Stars) who will play Egypt in a CAF AFCON 2017 qualifier in Suez.

Pluijm showed up in training today and started light training sessions at the Karume Memorial stadium in Dar es salaam city.

He is optimistic to have a full camp by 16th June.Already  Liberian import Kpah Sherman is expected today.

In the meantime Yanga are still waiting for  a TFF report on whether to have 10 foreign based players as rewuested earlier.

” We are ready to unleash our 10 foreign players anytime,this is only possible if TFF says so ” Yanga Secretary General Dr. Jonas Tiboroha said.

Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com