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Kenya ipo katika hatari kubwa ya kupoteza haki yake ya kuwa mwenyeji wa pamoja wa Mashindano ya Kombe la Mataifa ya Afrika (AFCON) mwaka 2027. Hali hii inatokana na ucheleweshaji wa malipo ya lazima ya ada ya uandaaji (hosting fee) kiasi cha Ksh3.9 bilioni ($30 milioni) kwa Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Afrika (CAF).
Katibu Mkuu wa Wizara ya Michezo (PS), Elijah Mwangi, alitoa onyo hilo Alhamisi mbele ya Kamati ya Bunge ya Michezo na Utamaduni inayoongozwa na Dan Wanyama.
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Kenya is facing a high risk of losing its rights to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) due to delays in paying the mandatory hosting fee of Ksh3.9 billion ($30 million) to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Sports Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi said on Thursday.
Mwangi told the Dan Wanyama-led National Assembly Committee on Sports and Culture that Kenya is required to pay the fee by March 30, 2026, as part of the ‘East Africa Pamoja’ bid along with Uganda and Tanzania.
Both Uganda and Tanzania have already fulfilled their financial obligations, leaving Kenya as the only partner yet to pay, and Mwangi warned that if the fee was not paid before the deadline, it threatens to damage Kenya's credibility as a tournament host.
“We have been given up to 30th of March to clear the payment of the hosting fees. We are aware that our 'Pamoja' countries of Uganda and Tanzania they have paid but Kenya is yet to pay its share of about 3.9 billion.
“And therefore the gains that we have so far made in preparations for AFCON may be jeopardised if we are not able to raise 3.9 billion by 30th of March and the communications we have had from CAF, they are very particular that we must show commitment. And one of the commitment is payment of the hosting contribution. If we are not able to raise that then our hosting will be jeopardised,” PS Mwangi told the MPs.
Mwangi also told the committee that the Kasarani and Nyayo stadiums may not be ready within the next six months as per the CAF deadline.
He stated that the company contracted to renovate the Kasarani Stadium had reduced its workforce due to a Ksh 3.7 billion debt, while the contractor at the Nyayo Stadium had walked away from the site due to a Ksh 2.7-billion debt.
“...of Kasarani Stadium, we owe the contractor in excess of Ksh3.7 billion. And the contractor has realigned—reduced his workforce. And with that, we feel that we may not be ready within six months, the deadline that was given by CAF to have the competition and training venues ready.
Source: Citizen TV Kenya
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Kenya is facing a high risk of losing its rights to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) due to delays in paying the mandatory hosting fee of Ksh3.9 billion ($30 million) to the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Sports Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi said on Thursday.
Mwangi told the Dan Wanyama-led National Assembly Committee on Sports and Culture that Kenya is required to pay the fee by March 30, 2026, as part of the ‘East Africa Pamoja’ bid along with Uganda and Tanzania.
Both Uganda and Tanzania have already fulfilled their financial obligations, leaving Kenya as the only partner yet to pay, and Mwangi warned that if the fee was not paid before the deadline, it threatens to damage Kenya's credibility as a tournament host.
“We have been given up to 30th of March to clear the payment of the hosting fees. We are aware that our 'Pamoja' countries of Uganda and Tanzania they have paid but Kenya is yet to pay its share of about 3.9 billion.
“And therefore the gains that we have so far made in preparations for AFCON may be jeopardised if we are not able to raise 3.9 billion by 30th of March and the communications we have had from CAF, they are very particular that we must show commitment. And one of the commitment is payment of the hosting contribution. If we are not able to raise that then our hosting will be jeopardised,” PS Mwangi told the MPs.
Mwangi also told the committee that the Kasarani and Nyayo stadiums may not be ready within the next six months as per the CAF deadline.
Source: Citizen TV Kenya