All set ahead for Cecafa

All set ahead for Cecafa

Preparations are in top gear at the Bukhungu Stadium ahead of the kick off match of the 39th edition of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup that officially gets underway on Sunday.

Apart from last minute touches at the facility, teams such as Rwanda have landed in the western Kenya based town ahead of the two-week football bonanza that will see Rwanda and hosts Kenya trade swords in the opening game.

Addressing the press at the Bukhungu Stadium on Saturday, FKF western representative and Cecafa planning  committee member Tony Kweya applauded the preparation measures that have been put in place.

Rwanda team, under the tutelage of German Antoine Hey, arrived in Kakamega in jovial mood ahead of the  opening match which kicks off on Sunday at 2.00 p.m at the newly renovated facility.

Kenya’s Harambee Stars which are based at the Kakamega Golf Hotel also took time to have a feel of the ground, ahead of the meeting that is expected to be explosive.

The Stars were accompanied by FKF officials led by Tony Kweya, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and County Executive for Sports, Robert Sumbi.

The leaders said that its a big honour and privilege for the county to host the opening match of this year’s Cecafa championship.

Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya left nothing to chance as he inspected the facility ahead of Sunday's kick off/PHTO/Keffa Osotsi/Citizen
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya left nothing to chance as he inspected the facility ahead of Sunday’s kick off/PHTO/Juma  Kefa/Citizen

According to Governor Oparanya, hosting the competition will help boost the economy of  Kakamega County owing to the huge attendance expected in the matches.

At the same time, Kweya said that four training grounds have been reserved for the teams for training purposes.They are Kakamega High School, St  Peter’s Mukumu Seminary and St.Ignatius Mukumu Boys High School.

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