Football Kenya Federation (FKF) have pledged to set the right conditions to help Harambee Stars in their upcoming international assignments.
FKF honcho Nick Mwendwa explained that sending the team overseas for high-profile friendly matches is part of the federation's strategy.
"We have plans in the pipeline to send the team to either the Middle East or Europe for a series of friendly matches in September and October," Mwendwa said.
"We are awaiting responses from the teams we have requested to engage in the friendlies and once we get correspondence, we shall allow the coach to choose the best teams to face."
The national team will be returning to competitive football for the first time in November following a far-reaching ban imposed by the world football governing body, Fifa, last year.
"We intend to ensure we prepare the boys adequately for their return to the competitive stage beginning with the World Cup qualifiers in Egypt," added Mwendwa.
He reiterated the importance of embarking on early preparations.
"We have given head coach Engin Firat enough time to prepare the team for the tournament and that's what informed our decision to postpone all the Kenyan Premier League fixtures that had been planned for this weekend," Mwendwa said.
"We realised, albeit late, last year that a coach needs to spend a lot of time with the team to produce good results. In the past, the coaches had just a couple of days with the team before an assignment and that explains why we couldn't yield fine fruits."
Mwendwa said they now understand how important it would be for local fans to watch the national team play at home after a long time.
He, however, said any plans to stage a match at local stadia would depend on how fast the government implements its plan to renovate the facilities ahead of the 2027 African Cup of Nations, which Kenya intend to co-cohost.
"We plan to play a match at home anytime between now and November. But that again will depend on how soon the government starts refurbishing our stadiums for the Africa Cup of Nations. We can't play here with the works in progress," he said.
"We have assurances from the government that they will kick off the exercise at the end of the month."
He lauded the government for pledging support for the national team ahead of upcoming assignments.
"The last time a Cabinet Secretary paid a courtesy call to Harambee Stars was in 2016. We are now getting the much-needed support from the government, which is a step in the right direction," Mwendwa said.
"We are ready to work closely with the government to steer our country's football to greater heights. CS (Ababu) Namwamba has pledged support for the national team both now and in the future and that's quite encouraging."
