NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 11 – With lower than a month to go, the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) Local Organizing Committee chairman, Nicholas Musonye, has issued a rallying name to followers as Kenya hosts Group A matches on the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani from August 3.
Musonye, a former long-serving CECAFA Secretary General, whereas talking Friday on the Nyayo National Stadium, referred to as on Kenyans, particularly the youth, to show up in giant numbers to assist the event, framing CHAN as greater than only a sporting occasion however a nationwide second.
Musonye confirmed that groups are anticipated to start out arriving subsequent week, and the LOC is working intently with CAF to coordinate coaching schedules and logistics.
“This is our likelihood to point out the unity of goal as a rustic. We are a various folks, however we’ve at all times come collectively within the spirit of Harambee. Let us use this event to deepen that spirit and depart behind a legacy,” Musonye acknowledged.
“We’ve already acquired their arrival schedules and are guaranteeing all the pieces runs flawlessly,” he mentioned.
Musonye emphasised that Kenya’s profitable internet hosting of CHAN will play a essential position in shaping the area’s potential to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) alongside neighbors Uganda and Tanzania.
“This is the primary time East Africa is internet hosting CHAN. If we succeed, your complete continent will look to us with renewed confidence for AFCON 2027.”
“We’re not leaving anybody behind. This is for the youth, the outdated, males, and ladies. Africa is coming to Kenya, and we’re prepared.”
This is the primary time Kenya shall be internet hosting a serious soccer event since after CAF snatched away the AFCON internet hosting rights in 1996 and once more in 2018 for CHAN, resulting from an absence of correct infrastructure.
“The authorities has come out strongly to make sure our amenities are in place. For the primary time in many years, now we have venues that meet worldwide requirements. People who knew these venues earlier than will assume they’re model new. The coaching grounds are additionally world-class.”
“CAF spent three days with us, inspecting amenities and facilitating capacity-building workshops for our younger committees. The suggestions was overwhelmingly constructive,” he famous.
