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Will the 38-member multi-agency team deliver a successful Afcon?

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 CS Salim Mvurya hands a dammy key for Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani to the CHAN 2024 LOC Chairman Nicholas Musonye on June 30, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya has taken bold steps in its preparations for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) by unveiling a 38-member Multi-Agency Local Organising Committee (LOC). 

For the next 15 months, the newly restructured diverse team, drawn from football administration, the private sector, and government, has been entrusted with delivering one of the continent’s biggest football tournaments on home soil. 

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