Harambee Stars head coach Firat Engin says they will travel with more players to Morocco for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Mali because ‘strange things’ happen during Covid-19 tests.Kenya will depart for Morocco on Sunday evening with the first leg of the World Cup qualification doubleheader scheduled for Thursday 7 October.Firat, who will be in charge of Stars for the first time against Mali fears that there could be a repeat of what was witnessed before the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match in Lome, Togo where a number of Stars’ players missed the game after they tested positive for Covid-19.Today we kicked off preps for our 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier back-to-back matches against Mali.🔗https://t.co/xvBL61cZDb#Tunaweza#RoadToQatar2022 pic.twitter.com/olB6HX1t5r— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) September 30, 2021 Stars were forced to play without Michael Olunga, Joash Onyango, Lawrence Juma and Ian Otieno in Morocco after lab results in Togo showed that they were positive, despite protests from the Kenyan contingent they played without the quartet and won the game 2-1.The newly appointed tactician now says they cannot risk travelling for the game with a lean squad.”When we leave on Sunday evening, some players will go home and then you will know the squad. We will leave with 26 or 27 players because the reason is you never know what will happen with the Covid-19 tests there because some strange things happened in Togo and we have to go with more players to see who will be on the field,” he stated.Coach Engin Firat has named the provisional squad for our upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Mali 🔗 https://t.co/mkVhMruYSg#Tunaweza pic.twitter.com/1ijttEyg2O— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) September 29, 2021 Harambee Stars squadGoalkeepersIan Otieno (Zesco, Zambia), Faruk Shikhalo (KMC, Tanzania), James Saruni (Ulinzi Stars), Brian Bwire (Tusker)DefendersJoseph Stanley Okumu (KAA Gent, Belgium), Joash Onyango (Simba, Tanzania), David Odhiambo (Napsa, Zambia), Samuel Olwande (Kariobangi Sharks), Johnstone Omurwa (Wazito), Eugene Asike (Tusker), Frank Odhiambo (Gor Mahia), Daniel Sakari (Tusker), David Owino (KCB), Abud Omar (AEL Larisa, Greece), Eric Ouma (AIK, Sweden), Bolton Omwenga (Kagera Sugar, Tanzania.MidfieldersRichard Odada (Red Star Belgrade, Serbia), Lawrence Juma (Sofapaka), Patila Omoto (Kariobangi Sharks), Ismael Gonzalez (Real Murcia, Spain), Kenneth Muguna (Azam, Tanzania), Duke Abuya (Nkana, Zambia), Keagan Ndemi (Bandari), Boniface Muchiri (Tusker), Regean Otieno (KCB), Erick Zakayo (Tusker), Ovella Ochieng (Marumo Gallants, South Africa), Philip Mayaka (Colorado Rapids, USA), Musa Masika (Wazito), Abdallah Hassan (Bandari)ForwardsMichael Olunga (Al-Duhail, Qatar), Henry Meja (Tusker, Kenya), Sydney Lokale (Kariobangi Sharks), Erick Kapaito (Kariobangi Sharks)chief
