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CS Murkomen exudes confidence in Kenya hosting CHAN 2024, inaugurates Local Organizing Committee

Sports CS Kipchumba Murkomen (centre) flanked by FKF President Hussein Mohamed address after unveiling the CHAN 2024 and AFCON 2027 Local Organising Committee LOC at Talanta Plaza on December 10, 2024. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy, and Sports, Kipchumba Murkomen, has dismissed growing doubts about the country's preparedness to co-host the 2025 African Nations Championship (CHAN).

Speaking during the inauguration of the CHAN and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027 Local Organizing Committee (LOC) at Talanta Plaza, Nairobi, on December 10, Murkomen insisted that Kenya, alongside Uganda and Tanzania, remains on course to meet the Confederation of African Football's (CAF) hosting requirements.

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