Full house at Harambee Stars training camp as Miheso links up

Former Gor Mahia captain Musa Mohammed and Clifton Miheso have completed the line-up of players who reported at the team’s training camp on Monday at Kasarani as preparations begin for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Kenya are returning for the AFCON for the first time in 15 years.

Other players who reported for camp on Monday included Masud Juma and Sofapaka stopper Dennis Odhiambo among others.

The team is gearing up for a three-week camp in France, a precursor to the Africa Cup of Nations, set to be held in Egypt. Stars are scheduled to jet out to Paris, on 31 May and have already been booked at the French Rugby Federation base, Marcoussis Cedex, where they will hold a 19-day residential camp before flying out to Cairo on 19 June 19.

Football Kenya Federation has also secured two friendly matches in France, against Madagascar on 7 June and the Gambia a week later.

Kenya will play her Group C AFCON matches at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo.

The first match will see Stars face Algeria on 23 June. Tanzania will be up next four days later then wind up the group stages with a match against Senegal on 1 July.

CHAN preparations

The Africa Nations Championships Qualifier against Burundi, in the meantime, is set to be played in August 2019.

The winner of the tie on aggregate will face off with either of Tanzania or Sudan in the second and final qualifying round of the tournament set to be held in Ethiopia in January 2020.

Kenya will be looking to make a maiden appearance at the 16-team tourney reserved exclusively for players actively featuring in their respective national championships.