Ivan Bogere's hat-trick was enough to give Proline FC a 3-0 win against visitors Masters Security of Malawi in a Caf Confederation Cup match on Saturday.
The striker needed just 18 minutes to open the scoring at Lugogo Stadium. The attacker was kept quiet until a few minutes after the break when the defenders let him loose.
With about six minutes to go, the striker sealed the game with a well-taken goal to give his team a deserved advantage ahead of the second leg to be played in Malawi in two weeks.
The Ugandan side now needs a draw of any kind, or a loss of a lesser margin to advance to the next round where they will play the winner between Kinondoni Municipal Council (KMC) of Tanzania, or Association Sportive de Kigali of Rwanda.