CAF impressed with the stadia progress - official

“CAF has set very high hosting standards that must be maintained across all competitions,” Mosengo noted.

by CHRISTABEL ADHIAMBO

News28 May 2025 - 08:30

In Summary

CAF, at its executive committee meeting held on September 27, 2023, granted the three East African Countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania the rights to host the 9th Edition of the CAF Total Energies CHAN 2025 tournament and the 36th Edition of AFCON.
His inspection tour is aimed at evaluating venue readiness, security, infrastructure, accommodation and coordination frameworks to ensure seamless delivery of a world-class tournament.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) Secretary General Patrice Omba has expressed confidence in the progress Kenya is making in the renovation of the stadiums expected to host the African Nations Championship (CHAN) scheduled for August 2025.

Speaking during his inspection tour of the training facilities and the stadiums to be used in the August tournament, Omba admitted that he is happy with the momentum, especially in the last three months.

“CAF has set very high hosting standards that must be maintained across all competitions,” Omba noted.

“The test events for Nyayo National Stadum that has hosted three matches went well, and only a few small areas need fixing.”

CAF, at its executive committee meeting held on September 27, 2023, granted the three East African Countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania the rights to host the 9th Edition of the CAF Total Energies CHAN 2025 tournament and the 36th Edition of AFCON.

His inspection tour is aimed at evaluating venue readiness, security, infrastructure, accommodation and coordination frameworks to ensure seamless delivery of a world-class tournament.

He mentioned that the key areas being worked on at Kasarani and Nyayo stadia are the VAR technology infrastructure.

‘Nobody can be sure what will happen tomorrow, but when I see, when we have seen today, the huge progress has been done in December into now,” he admitted.

On May 26, 2025, Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports CS, Salim Mvurya assured readiness to host the CHAN.

He emphasised that the government remains fully committed to implementing the recommendations contained in the CAF inspection report, and that all necessary preparations are progressing on schedule.

"We have invested heavily in infrastructure upgrades, including at Kasarani and Nyayo stadiums, and have already paid the hosting fee amounting to Sh1.6 billion," Mvurya said.

The ongoing assessments by CAF are routine and essential to ensure all host nations are in alignment with tournament standards," he added.