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TIME FOR KENYA TO LEARN DURING TOURNAMENT


By Glen Don
THE HIDDEN BLESSING IN AFCON



                         Photo courtesy: Pulse Uganda

 Kenya's Harambee Stars is ranked below the top hundred. They are being followed by Tanzania from Africa, their counterpart for hosting the Africa Cup of Nations 2027.

Kenya jointly with the Eastern African Countries; Tanzania and Uganda showed their interest and submitted their bid to host the tournament come the year 2027.

Kenya was first set to host tournaments in the years 1996 and 2018 after winning the bid but later got disqualified due to unpreparedness of the stadia or the venues for hosting such events.

This time round their success has gone through with the virtue of being jointly submitting their bid.

The coming of the AFCON's tournament is worth a blessing at hand to count on.

Even though the tournament comes as a blessing in disguise, this is the best moment to improve the Kenya's football circle.

In spite of Kenya being scheduled to host the tournament, they are still serving a penalty by FIFA after the previous government directly involved itself with the football matters, a situation that is contrary to FIFA rules. Moreover, some of Kenya's stadia were deemed unfit for hosting international football games and the list included Nyayo and Kasarani stadia, the declaration was made by CAF not more than two years ago. But this is not a matter of discussion, since a stadium like Kasarani has been re-innovated and upgraded.

Kenya's Harambee Stars has not had a good football history in comparison to athletics and Kenya usually tends to shine with gold and bronze medals.

In Eastern Africa, Uganda takes the lead as Kenya follows then Tanzania, which is when it comes to football ranking.

Tanzania, the neighbours seems to be on another level when it comes to the race in footballing, they are now seemingly changing the narrative and turning the tables of history. As neighbours, much as they are number 122 against Kenya's 109, says a lot about Tanzania.

One of the factors that may be alleged to have contributed to this is because of the Government's goodwill towards the sports department.

Kenya should not be proudly tugging her tail in the buttocks. The Government should not be having laxity when it comes to Sports and Youths. Because, when youths are mentioned they are in sport and sports they are the majority of them who are in sports.

Could the Government had been serious with youth affairs then the Talanta Hela Initiative would not have had amputated limbs, just months after it was launched.

Coming of the Africa Cup Of Nations tournament should be a blessing. This is the best time to benchmark, the best time to make youths learn from our, peer countries like Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia which are above us in football.

Best time for the Government through the Ministry of Youths and Sports to benchmark, involve youths and make necessary improvements for the betterment of our nation's natural talents. Talents that are rotting in the villages.

After the tournament let the ban be done away with and Kenya start a new phase and have a new face in sports. Face that dream of Kenya reaching the World Cup tournaments coming true than the Cup coming for a tour in our country. The phase that a multitude of youths divert from praising foreign premier leagues at the expense of their own league, that they will sing Manchester City FC and Tusker FC alike.

Kenya has talent, but to accommodate them is the problem, football academies are reluctant to absorb them. The sponsors do not reach them because of a lack of medium. After the tournament, let talent be valued rather than nepotism, tribalism, corruption, and match-fixing.

Kenya is capable, the Government only needs to look for those who have the vigor to serve, charismatic potential leader, who is to take a decade ahead though we have been decades back.

By Glen Don

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