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CAF have provided an update on where Kenya are in terms of preprations for CHAN 2025 which they will co-host with neighbours Uganda and Tanzania.
Kenya is in a race against time to ensure its stadia and infrastructure is ready for co-hosting the 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN).
The East African nation together with her neigbors, Tanzania and Uganda, embark on the joint venture that brings the continental showpiece to East Africa.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is in constant communication with the host nations to ensure that key timelines for projects aimed at successfully meeting the required standard for hosting the tournament are met.
Most recently, Christian Emeruwa, the Head of the Safety and Security Division at CAF provided an update on the evaluations of Kenya's ongoing preparation.
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16:45 - 16.09.2024
President William Ruto confirms when Kenya intends to hand over stadia for CHAN & AFCON tournaments
President William Ruto has insisted Kenya will stay true to the timelines given for the completion of stadiums to be used for CHAN 2025 and AFCON 2027 tournaments.
"As we speak, your stadium is not ready, so you can not say that you (Kenya) are ready but we are optimistic that given what we have seen, people will be ready," expressed Emeruwa who was in Kenya for continued inspection via Tata Sport.
"We have personnel that are trained already. What is going on in the stadiums is at a very high pace. I was there yesterday to see what is happening and it was quite different from when I came here two weeks ago. You can be sure that CAF will be coming to Kenya like every other week with different experts that will be here to support and to ensure that we get everyone ready for this big tournament."
Kenya will hope to meet FIFA standards when the final evaluation happens.
"So we can only give this evaluation at the end of our final inspection but for now we can tell you that we see that the work is going on, we see that they are still meeting according to the schedules they have presented," added Emeruwa
"So for me I would say from a security point of view yesterday I was at the police high command and with the police administration again they are ready in terms of personnel. And we are again encouraging by way of training. We will also come for more training specific to the tournament itself," he added
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15:41 - 09.10.2024
Harambee Stars learn CHAN 2024 qualifiers opponents
Kenya has learned their opponents for the first round of the 2024 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers after the draw conducted at CAF headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday afternoon.
Kenya's Nyayo and Kasarani stadiums have all been under refurbishment since 2023 with 2025 set as the completion year.
The nation is also poised to host the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2027 in a joint venture with Uganda and Tanzania.
Despite having already qualified as hosts, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will play in the qualifiers of the 2025 CHAN, with Kenya being drawn to play South Sudan in the first round.
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