Kenyan international Abud Omar has returned to the Harambee Stars squad full of belief and is confident the nation can stun many by qualifying for the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup.The former Tusker FC fullback was recalled into the National Team by newly installed Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat after a two-year exile.Abud noted that Kenya has it in them to pull a surprise and qualify for their maiden World Cup campaign as they currently sit second of Group E in the qualifiers. The Stars have landed. We are in #Morocco to play Mali in our third 2022 @FIFAWorldCup Qualifier#Tunaweza pic.twitter.com/wY6yVBkZhs— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) October 5, 2021 “Today in football, anything can happen, we have a good squad, they have a good squad too that why I’m saying anything can happen. I believe the Kenyan national team has everything to qualify for the World Cup just like any other team,””We are number two and aiming to be number one, these two games will determine our fate and I think Kenya will surprise many people because we have been underdogs for a very long time but we have been in the Africa Cup and now we are going for the World Cup,” said Abud.The last time the 29-year-old featured for Harambee Stars was back in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations as he has been overlooked by Francis Kimanzi and Jacob Ghost Mulee.🛫🛫#Tunaweza pic.twitter.com/lLnO47mdk2— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) October 4, 2021 Kenya started their qualifying campaign with draws against Uganda and Rwanda but Ghost Mulee was axed after the two games by mutual consent. The opening fixture against Mali is slated for Thursday 7 October in Morocco after CAF failed to approve any stadium in Mali.
