Emmanuel Okwi

Okwi played for Uganda Super League club SC Villa before joining Tanzanian team Simba S.C. for US$40,000.[4]

In January 2013, Tunisian team Étoile Sportive du Sahel signed Okwi for a Tanzania record transfer fee of US$300,000.[5] The team, however, failed to pay the fee to Simba S.C. He was then cleared by FIFA's Player Status Committee in December 2013 to return to SC Villa[6] although the clearance was changed two months later so he could play for Young Africans S.C.,[7] despite Simba S.C.'s protests.[8]

Okwi rejoined Simba S.C. in August 2014 under a six-month contract, explaining that Young Africans S.C. had terminated his contract[9] by failing to pay the US$50,000 owed to him.[10] Okwi refused to play the last five games of the 2013–14 season for Young Africans because of the payment controversy.[10] Young Africans vigorously protested the transfer to Simba S.C. and claimed that the contract was still in effect.[10] The Tanzania Football Federation rejected that claim in September 2014.[11]

In July 2015, SønderjyskE Fodbold signed Okwi on a five-year contract,[12] with the consent of Simba S.C.,[13] that would last until 2020.[14] In January 2017, Okwi and agreed to terminate the contract. He scored two goals in six appearances.[15]

Upon his return from Denmark Okwi re-joined former club SC Villa signing a six-month contract. He scored 10 goals in 13 Uganda Premier League matches.[16]

In June 2017, Okwi signed with Simba S.C. for the third time in his career having agreed a two-year contract.[16]

In July 2019, after impressing at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Okwi joined Egyptian Premier League club Al Ittihad on a two-year contract.[17][18]

Okwi first represented Uganda at senior level in 2009. He was the second top scorer at the 2010 CECAFA Cup, scoring a four goals in five matches.[19] The following year at the 2011 CECAFA Cup, he scored five goals and was joint top scorer alongside Rwanda's Meddie Kagere and their captain Olivier Karekezi.[20]

Okwi grew up idolizing Thierry Henry and is a fan of Arsenal F.C.. Okwi was born into a Roman Catholic family, but at a young age, his mother became a Born Again Christian and raised her children in her faith. Okwi married his longtime girlfriend Florence Nakalegga with whom they have one child.[21] Okwi played football as a boy while at St. Henry's College Kitovu.[22]