The National U17 team was on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, taken through a series of medical tests to ascertain the players age as required by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
This as the team gears up for the upcoming 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations CECAFA Region Qualifying tournament set to be played between August 11, to August 26, 2018, in Tanzania.
“CAF requires us to take the players through the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) tests. This is aimed at ensuring that the players that take part in the tournament are not only physically fit but also within the required age bracket,” said FKF General Secretary/CEO Robert Muthomi.
The team will kick off residential training in Nairobi on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, ahead of the tourney.
Kenya has been pooled in Group B alongside Uganda, Ethiopia, Southern Sudan and Djibouti. Group A comprises hosts Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Sudan.
The tournament is set to determine which team takes part in the 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations in May 2019 alongside Tanzania, who gain automatic qualification by virtue of being the hosts. The winner of the tournament will thus get the spot, while the runners-up could also make it to the tourney in case Tanzania emerges champions.
the Kenya U17 team named its 30-man provisional squad ahead of the Africa U17 Cup of Nations CECAFA Region Qualifying tournament, set to be played between August 11-26 in Dar Es Salaam Tanzania.
A chunk of players who have been called for duty are picked from the team that represented the nation in the just concluded CECAFA U17 tournament that was held in Burundi; new faces in the team including Green Commandos’ Kevinton Mwachika as well as Alliance High School’s Victor Benson.
In the showpiece, Kenya has been pooled in Group B alongside Uganda, Ethiopia, Southern Sudan and Djibouti with the team’s reporting date in camp set for Monday 22 July in Nairobi, before shifting base to Mombasa on August 1, ahead of their departure to Tanzania on August 6, 2018.
The tournament will determine which team takes part in the 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations in May 2019 alongside Tanzania, who gain automatic qualification by virtue of being the hosts. The overall winner will thus get the spot, while the runners-up could also make it in case Tanzania emerges champions.
Group A has hosts Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia and Sudan.
Full Squad
Nicholas Omondi (Soweto Baptist), Isaiah Abwal (St Anthony Kitale), Arnold Onyango (Laiser Hill Academy), Telvin Maina (Laiser Hil Academy), Lesley Otieno (Sunflower Secondary), Mathew Mwendwa (Annointed High School), Kennedy Nduto (Sunrise Secondary), Maxwell Mulili (Mukumu Boys), Christopher Raila (St Anthony Kitale), Brian Olang’o (Kamukunji Secondary), Saidi Musa (Eastleigh High School), Daniel Odhiambo (St Anthony Kitale), Felix Chabaya (Brownill Secondary), Alphonce Omija (St Johns Secondary), Francis Ayugi (Laiser Hil Academy), Maqbul Daudi (Bright Stars High School), Ezekiel Mgendi (Bahati Secondary School), Geoffrey Onyango (Br Beausang Educational Centre), Stephen Owino (Arwings Kodhek High School), Keith Imbali (Eastleigh High School), Hussein Abdulmalik (Congo Boys), Elijah Oduor (Laiser Hill Acade.my), Kevinton Mwachika (Kakamega High School), Kimanzi Erick (Chaani Youth), Victor Benson (Alliance High School), Abdul Ahmed (Raila Educational Centre), Telvin Omutere (Bridgeway High School), Richdonald Bolo (Gor Mahia Youth), Lopaga Josephat (Gor Mahia Youth), Bixente Lazarazu (Kamukunji Secondary)