There were no stadiums in which to play African Nations Championships (CHAN) football

Kasarani Stadium during media briefing ahead of CHAN event to be held in Kenya early next year. Thursday, June 17. 2017. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

Kasarani in Nairobi was just but one that could have staged the event.  Kipchoge Keino (Eldoret), Kinoru (Meru) and Kenyatta Stadium (Machakos) were never going to be ready, half-hearted efforts to build them coming ridiculously late; literally just days before kickoff.

Jot down today’s date; then, even if  at a decent construction pace work continued non-stop, you will mark time for the whole of 2018 before you see Kip Keino up and beaming as the modern edifice it is supposed to become … if the artistic impression on the tables is anything to go by. The colonial era stadium is not getting a mere patch-up job; it’s a total, and huge, construction work!