Barely a day after confirming Kenya’s suspension, FIFA, through CAF, has taken swift action to back their action by confirming Kenya’s disqualification from the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup first round of qualifier that was scheduled to take place next weekend.Kenya was set to play South Africa in a two-legged clash but the confirmation gives the latter the green light to progress to the next round where they will meet the winner between Uganda and Ethiopia.Bantwana training session this morning as they prepare for their @FIFAU17WC qualifiers pic.twitter.com/nPaDKD33xe— SAFA.net (@SAFA_net) February 25, 2022 In a letter to the concerned parties by the CAF Senior Manager of Women Football and Futsal Heba Sarwat seen by Mozzart Sport, South Africa automatically qualifies to the next round following Kenya’s disqualification.”Kindly be informed that due to the suspension of FKF by FIFA, Kenya U17 Women’s team is disqualified from the African qualifiers of FIFA U-17WWC-INDIA 2022. Consequently, matches 19 & 20 are canceled as well as the missions of all designated officials.On the other hand, kindly note that South Africa is automatically qualified for the next round of the competition as per the attached fixtures,” the letter read.The South African U-17 National Women’s Team, Bantwana, reported to camp in preparation for the qualifiers on Thursday, February 24, and conducted their first session today morning.Rueful FKF Caretaker Committee shifts focus to World Cup qualifiers and CECAFAOn the other hand, Kenya was yet to name a squad for the tie despite the FKF Caretaker Committee affirming that they were solely focused on World Cup Women U-17 qualifiers and the Cecafa tournaments just over a week ago when closing the Harambee Starlets camp.Starlets were set to play Uganda in the final qualification round of AWCON but CAF announced that Kenya had withdrawn from the qualifiers. Despite protests from the Sports CS appointed committee, CAF did not rescind its decision and the helpless caretaker committee decided to release the girls who had been in camp for 21 days.
