Unbeaten in the competition, West Nile Province capitalized on home advantage to give Lango Province an uphill task in the second leg next weekend.
Coach Dudu Bosco’s men extended their dominance keeping a clean sheet at the Greenlight grounds in Arua City. The White Rhinos have conceded once and bagged now16 goals in 7 matches.
West Nile found the back of the net in either halves with Toha scoring in the first half while Fred Amaku gave the host a comfortable lead netting the second in the second half.
Okocha Rashid was awarded the man of the match for his dominant performance in the match.
Lango Province struggled to find their feet in the game relying on set pieces by Allan Okello to give the West Nile Province a little trouble.
A number of players missed the match due to international engagements. West Nile Province missed out on skipper Nafian Alionzi who is part of the Uganda Cranes squad for the Africa Nations Championships (CHAN) currently camping in Tunisia.
Lango miss edKCCA forward Rogers Mato, also on international duty.
The winner over the two legs will be crowned champions.
Buganda Province and Acholi Province won the first and second edition in 2018 and 2019 respectively.