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The Kenyan authorities is about to switch the duty for the development and renovation of 4 stadiums to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). This choice holds explicit significance because the host nations for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations can be introduced on September 27 of this yr.

Cupboard Secretary for Sports Activities, Youth Affairs, and the Arts, Ababu Namwamba, will preside over the handover of the development of a brand new stadium, Talanta Sports activities Metropolis, on the Jamhuri Sports activities Complicated alongside Ngong Street, Nairobi, beginning at 9 am.

Following this, Namwamba will proceed to Nyayo Nationwide Stadium and Moi Worldwide Sports activities Centre, Kasarani, to supervise their renovations at 11 am and 12 midday, respectively.

The formal handover of Kip Keino Stadium is scheduled for two pm, with a stern warning from Namwamba that these stadiums can be completely allotted for sports activities actions sooner or later.

Kenya is bidding to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations with Uganda and Tanzania, whereas particular person bids have been submitted by Algeria, Botswana, and Egypt. Namwamba, expressing confidence in Kenya’s bid, made these remarks in the course of the “Hatma Ya Michezo Nchini” present on Nation Tv (NTV) at 7 pm, hosted by Frederick Muitiriri on Monday.

Notably, KDF beforehand demonstrated its functionality by developing the ten,000-seater Ulinzi Sports activities Complicated at Lang’ata Barracks inside a formidable timeframe. The venture, initiated with the groundbreaking ceremony in October 2020, was formally opened by former President Uhuru Kenyatta on April 13, 2022.

Namwamba has instructed Sports activities Kenya, the entity liable for managing sports activities stadiums within the nation, to ban any non-sports-related capabilities at these venues. This directive follows a latest non secular campaign, named the “Holy Ghost Hearth Convention,” which befell at Nyayo Nationwide Stadium and triggered harm to the enjoying floor at the moment present process renovation. South African-born American evangelist Rodney Morgan Howard-Browne was the important thing speaker at this occasion.

The choice to permit this campaign sparked public outrage, particularly because the stadium had solely lately been reopened for Kakamega Homeboyz’ CAF Confederation Cup preliminary spherical conflict in opposition to Al Hilal Benghazi of Libya on August 27.

Nyayo Nationwide Stadium stays one of many designated venues for the joint bid to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

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