The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Under 23 tourney that was slated to kick-off on Saturday, July 3 at Bahir Dar, Ethiopia has been postponed to Saturday, July 17. CECAFA, the oldest international football tournament in the region has faced myriads of challenges in recent years with management changes which saw the exit of long serving Secretary General Nicholas Musonye not running particularly well.The postponement is however, a welcome occurrence to certain team, Kenya included, that faced diverse challenges in preparation for the Olympic age group tournament.Kenya’s Emerging Stars will now have an extra two weeks to shore up the squad and prepare for the tournament. Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKF) was at loggerheads with a number of top-flight clubs who were reluctant to release players for the tourney, forcing Coach Stanley Okumbi to make do without his key targets.The FKF Premier League is at a critical stage and clubs were against releasing their young players while league matches are not stopped.The Cecafa tournament, which is expected to start on Saturday July 3, has been postponded to July 17.The tournament will be hosted by Ethiopia at the Bahir Dar International Stadium.#Ethiopia #cecafa pic.twitter.com/ITbHNRAfT4— Kidus Yoftahe 🇪🇹 (@KYoftahe) June 28, 2021 With most of the players being from top Premier League clubs who are embroiled in a tight title race and the CAF Champions League ticket that is set to earn on Wednesday 30th June.More to follow…
