Football: Organisers optimistic of hosting tourney

Event organisers have given an assurance that the 2018 Africa Championship (CHAN) will take place as scheduled in January.

Sports Kenya, Local Organising Committee (LOC), and the counties whose stadiums will be used have agreed to work together to ensure that the deadline is met.

Speaking yesterday at Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret, the organisers led by LOC director Herbert Mwachiro, dismissed claims that Kenya is not ready to host the event.

"Our presence here at one of the facilities is a good indicator that the country is moving with speed to ensure we are ready to host the football tournament.

"The era of fake news is too much and that is why many speculations have been doing the rounds that Kenya might not host the event but as far as we are concerned, there is no communication from the Confederation of African Football (CAF)," he said.

Mwachiro was accompanied by Director General of Sports Kenya Saima Ondimu and county Deputy Governor Daniel Chemno.

CAF will inspect the facilities on September 7. [Sila Koskei]