Kenyans react to stripping of hosting rights for CHAN 2018

FKF President Nick Mwendwa/COURTESY

Kenya dealt a huge blow after losing rights to host the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN).

This is after a Confederation of African Football (CAF) executive committee meeting held in Accra, Ghana.

The decision was arrived at a media conference after a one-day meeting headed by Caf’s boss Ahmed.

Closer home, Kenyans did not take this lightly and took to social media to vent their disappointment and anger.

Football Kenya Federation president Nick Mwendwa confirmed this on social media, terming it as a wakeup urging stakeholders to pull together and do much more for the future.

Yes we lost CHAN. Bad day for Kenya. Now we continue the journey. Build stadia, develop youth, coaches and work harder. — Nick Mwendwa (@Nmwendwa) September 23, 2017

Here are some of the opinions made by Kenyans:

Nick Mwendwa is a joker, did he think we gonna host CHAN with our Shambas?

— Mutuku™ (@__Mutuku) September 24, 2017

There's a bunch of football journalists who hounded Sam Nyamweya out of office for these same goofs Nick Mwendwa is making. Where are they? — Gabriel Oguda (@gabrieloguda) September 24, 2017

The Incompetent Nick Mwendwa should just render his resignation at FKF and resume to analysing local football matches at KBC tv. CHAN 2018 — Shaw Kemp Grady (@skgjnr) September 24, 2017

Fast-talker FKF head, Nick Mwendwa, comes across to me as an overrated joker. #CHAN gone. Can we talk about the "five modern stadiums"? — D I K E M B E (@Disembe) September 23, 2017

Nick Mwendwa too much mouth made him score an own goal n ts time he hungs his boot for professional — ToniIsMe (@Tonirapcha) September 24, 2017

Why Kenya lost CHAN 2018 Hosting rights.
~ Freaking Political Climate
~ Poor stadia conditions
~ Mismanagement at FKF.
~ Tribalism#CHAN2018 — Atanasi (@Atanasi_) September 23, 2017

1996 - Kenya failed to host AFCON

21 years later in 2017 Kenya stripped off #CHAN2018 hosting rights

The government should be ashamed!! — Aggrey Sayi (@aggreysayi) September 23, 2017

Lazy, lying leaders in 2015 looked and thought ah 2018 is far lets relax and eat. Terrible culture, big loss for Kenya #CHAN2018 — Benji Ndolo (@BenjiNdolo) September 24, 2017

It is unbelievable that Kenya is unable to host the CHAN tournament that Rwanda hosted two years ago! #CHAN2018 — Lloyd Onyango (@lloydOnyango) September 23, 2017

How is this incompetent CS still in office after Rio fiasco, and Now this #CHAN2018 ?? pic.twitter.com/lcR0fHwHqv — Femme actuelle???????? (@zippoglisia) September 24, 2017

 

 

CAF will open a new bid for interested countries within the next ten days though Morocco is a strong candidate