Vipers Sports Club’s influence at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) continues to grow, with two of the club’s stars now firmly etched into Ugandan football folklore.
Midfield maestro Allan Okello, who started the tournament as the Cranes’ CHAN captain, has written his name into the history books after drawing level with legendary striker Yunus Sentamu at the top of Uganda’s CHAN scoring charts.
Okello netted his third goal of the 2024 campaign during Monday’s pulsating 3-3 draw with South Africa at a packed Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. His strike not only preserved Uganda’s fruitful run but also fired the Cranes into the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Dynamic duo
That goal carried added weight: it elevated him alongside Sentamu’s long-standing record of three CHAN goals, a benchmark the striker set during the 2014 edition in South Africa. For over a decade, no Ugandan had been able to match it — until Okello.
Both Okello and Sentamu now share the title of Uganda’s all-time top scorers in CHAN history, with the pair also holding the record for the most goals by a Ugandan in a single edition of the competition.
The midfielder’s heroics, followed by a dramatic late equaliser from current Cranes CHAN skipper Rogers Torach, secured qualification and set up a tantalising quarterfinal showdown this Saturday in Namboole, where Uganda could face either Congo Brazzaville, Senegal, or Sudan.
At just 25 years old, Okello has the perfect stage to write an even bigger chapter. One more goal would crown him Uganda’s undisputed CHAN goal king, underlining both his personal brilliance and Vipers SC’s enduring legacy on the continental stage.