In an evening of mixed reactions and anxiety to Kenyan football enthusiasts, the Total Energies CAF African Nations Championship 2024 (CHAN) draw was conducted live at the KICC.
This is the country\’s first time hosting such a prestigious tournament that was scheduled for next month in a co-host of Tanzania and Uganda but was later postponed to August 2025.
Conducting the draw in Nairobi already raised the mood as it cemented the atmosphere that CHAN is finally here.
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The country has been in a terrible rush to finalize infrastructure preparation, which, to some extent, brought up the tension of losing the rights to host the tournament to Rwanda, but a plus came in after the committee approved Kenya to co-host.
Three veteran legendaries\’ led by Kenyan Mcdonald Mariga who is the new FKF Vice President, Mrisho Alfani Ngasha from Tanzania and Hassan Waswa from Uganda took it to stage to conduct the draw.
Kenya has been placed in the group of death as articulated by Kenyan fanatics owing to the current performance by the stars. In his sentiments at the draw, Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Vice President McDonald Mariga expressed confidence and determination.
\”We are in a group of death but hopefully we make it to the next round.Some fans take the positivity in it by expressing the joy that the stars are going to experience a good test of times from wonderful football-playing countries who are giants in the continent paving the way to say \’ the positives outweigh the worry of an early exit \”
All this comes amidst the transition period at the FKF office as the new office is barely less than a month old.
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The office is only resting on interim coach Francis Kimanzi as they await to settle on a new coach although word has it that they have settled on South African Mcarthy who is yet to be confirmed by the FKF President.
What are your thoughts after the draw? What are your expectations? What are you looking forward to ?
