“I thank God for whatever he has enabled us to do and I’m grateful to my players, they have tried to put up some good performance much as it’s not our best performance and we are going into the return leg with a reasonable goal margin,” Mubiru told the club’s official website.
“But much as we believe Kavumba is going to be another experience on the day and we are going to blame ourselves for any eventualities.”
Ocen opened the scoring early on, tapping home a Muwada Mawejje cross from the right after just two minutes as Police took the lead, and in the 18th minute, the visitors equalised through Joseph Janjali who beat the offside trap and slotted home past goalkeeper Derrick Ochan.
“For me, [Dennis] Iguma played well though he lost a few balls. He was doing all the donkey work to serve the offensive players going forward.
“Jurua [Hassan] also played his role and although we lost this game, I can’t blame those two. I only blame the forwards who weren’t clinical enough.”
The tactician said they have to grow strong if they are to end the season at least with a trophy.
“It is a tough result and we are playing Maroons FC next in the Uganda Cup, a team that has always troubled us,” he added.
“If we are to win any trophy this season, we need to change our character because we have players whose character is very weak.