Twelve players and their coach went missing after they were knockout of the reginal tournament.
The tournament is for East and central African countries, the host country Kenya, won the trophy in the final by beating Sudan 2 - 0.
Nicholas Musonye, the Secretary-General of Cecafa, told Reuters that,
''The players and the coach have absconded.''
''We will discuss this issue of Eritrea players absconding, in the next general assembly meeting to get solution on this matter.''
''We don't want to have problems in future. This is becoming chronic to the association,'' he added.
Eritrea players have been disappearing in tournaments for some years. In 2009 about twelve players of their national team disappeared in Kenya.
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A year ago a doctor and 17 players asked for a asylum in Uganda. Two years before then, 13 players from an Eritrean club sort asylum in Tanzania.
According to Mr Musonye, the issue of Eritrea players going missing in major tournaments is becoming a big issue and needs to be addressed and find a lasting solution to stop the trend before it derails the power of the organisation to organise an efficient tournaments in future.
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