Kenya and Uganda have expressed interest in hosting the 2021 CECAFA Women Senior Challenge Cup after previous hosts Djibouti pulled out.Djibouti pulling out of hosting the tournament leaves this year’s edition in limbo with talks of hosting the tourney in early 2022 being pondered with the initial dates slated for 3rd to 18th December.CECAFA Executive Director, Auka Gacheo revealed that Uganda and Kenya have expressed interest in hosting the tournament after Djibouti pulled out citing the rehabilitation of the El Hadj Hassan Gouled Stadium. Invest a lot in Women’s Football – Gecheohttps://t.co/njHl9sxN6B pic.twitter.com/MV4mKvvyAn— Cecafaonline (@Cecafaonline) November 8, 2021 “It is unfortunate that Djibouti pulled out of hosting this year’s Championship. They explained their decision and we took it in good faith. But the good news is that Uganda and Kenya have already expressed their readiness to host the tournament,” “The decision on which nation will host the Championship has not been made but CECAFA EXCO will soon meet and make the decision,” said Gacheo.Should Kenya win the rights to host the CECAFA Women’s tournament, Harambee Starlets will enjoy a home advantage as they look to successfully defend the title they won back in 2019.Gacheo who was speaking at the CECAFA Women’s U20 Championship that is being hosted in Uganda, however, admitted that the challenges of drawing up a budget could push the tournament to early 2022 Djibouti withdraw from hosting CECAFA Women’s Challenge Cup 2021https://t.co/h1AwJZUBWU pic.twitter.com/5Fn9UsZjar— Cecafaonline (@Cecafaonline) October 29, 2021 “Whereas Uganda and Kenya are ready to host the Championship but aspects like budget must be considered. We have to submit them to CAF and our partners and thus having the tournament this year could be difficult but we are very optimistic it can be staged early next year,” added Gacheo.
