Kenya Under-17s upbeat ahead of Cecafa tourney in Rwanda

Coast Region players, Elias Khamis [right] and Ali Hamisi in action at Mbaraki Sports Club in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

The Kenya Under-17 national men's football team are confident of finishing top of this year’s Cecafa Under-17 championships to be held in Rwanda from December 12 to 22.

The national team coach Oliver Page named the final squad of 25 players who officials jetted out of the county for Rwanda on Tuesday as they also seek to make history by qualifying for next year’s U17 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) to be played in Morocco.