The tournament will now be held in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.
The event will be held from October 26 to November 2.
Zambia won the award after beating off competition from 13 countries.
Lega Siaka continued his good form for Papua New Guinea.
Kenneth Kamyuka was known as a part of the golden generation of cricketers to come out of Uganda's cricket stables during the late 1990s and early 2000s. But by 2013, he qualified to play for his adopted country Canada. Bharath Ramaraj looks back at his career.
Two Canadian bowlers were instrumental in putting three defeats behind them when they registered a 44-run victory over Uganda in their Group A match of the ICC World Cup Twenty20 qualifiers.
The ICC on Wednesday announced the schedule of World Twenty20 Qualifier to be held at United Arab Emirates (UAE) from November 15 to 30.
Uganda's national cricket team has been invited for a tour to Sri Lanka after the east African nation put up an impressive show at the just concluded World Cricket League Division III in Bermuda.
Botswana's cricket national team will depart for Uganda Thursday to compete in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Africa Cricket Association (ACA) Twenty 20 Division One tournament that starts on Sunday.
Kenya retained Collins Obuya as the captain of the 14-man team that will participate in the Pepsi ICC Africa World Cricket League Division 1 tournament in Uganda.