APA – Kigali (Rwanda) – Joackim Ojera, a pint-sized-albeit-fast winger is set to join Rwanda’s military club of APR FC after parting ways with home-based Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Football Club where he had spent four and a half seasons, sports sources revealed Thursday.
At Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Football Club, Ojera had spent four and a half seasons.
While the majority of top-flight clubs have been pushing Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa) to relax restrictions on foreign players, APR FC have been of a different view.
Since the 2012/13 season, APR have not used a single foreign player and have collected six out of nine league titles.
The local football governing body employs a 3-3 rule on foreign players in the Rwanda Premier League despite a continued push from some clubs to revise the rule, arguing that it falls short when it comes to giving competition to home players and, as a result, undermines the level of the league and the national team.
Under the current 3-3 rule, clubs are only allowed to have three foreign players on starting line-ups, and three on the bench.
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