Members of Uganda's parliament volition donate a percent of their Jan salary to aid the squad at the Africa Cup of Nations inward Gabon.
"We agreed that nosotros volition contribute near $150 each as well as I volition live going to Gabonese Republic alongside the cheque," said the speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga.
The full sum to live collected from parliament volition live $58,451.
Uganda's regime has given $540,716 - good brusque of the $2m the Federation of Republic of Uganda Football Associations wanted.
"It is skilful tidings that the parliament of Republic of Uganda volition back upwards the national team. It is a skilful gesture," Fufa's master copy executive officeholder Edgar Watson told BBC Sport.
The Cranes, coached Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic, are currently inward the United Arab Emirates where they volition human face upwards African champions Republic of Cote d'Ivoire on Wed inward their lastly international friendly stand upwards for earlier heading to Gabon.
They volition opened upwards their travail against Republic of Ghana on 17 January. The other teams inward grouping D are Republic of Mali as well as Egypt.
On Sunday, Uganda's State Minister for Sport, Charles Bakkabulindi, admitted the funding given yesteryear the regime to the Cranes was a lot less than requested simply said other commitments had to live factored in.
"We are happy that although the coin has taken a spell to come upwards out, it has finally come upwards as well as it volition remove maintain several aspects including allowances for the squad inward Gabon," the Minister told BBC Sport.
He said the regime is equally good working difficult to notice coin to fund component of the 2017 World Cross Country Championship which volition accept house inward Kampala inward March.
Bakkabulindi reasoned that since the Confederation of African Football has sent over US$200,000 for each of the xvi teams to aid them participate at the Nations Cup, the Republic of Uganda Cranes already remove maintain to a greater extent than or less fiscal support.
Last month
the Ugandan FA was facing a fiscal crisis with the FA's caput of Finance, Decolas Kiiza, maxim they needed quick regime intervention. The FA had to borrow funds to post the squad to their grooming army camp inward Tunisia as well as forthwith inward the United Arab Emirates
.
