With the draw just a day away, Kenya is conspicuously missing from the list of nations that await the CAF 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN) draw.Kenya is currently serving a FIFA suspension for government influence in football after the Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed disbanded the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) back in November.Kenya locked out of The 2023 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers. The tournament will be held in Algeria between 8 Jan 2023 – 31 Jan 2023.Interestingly, Zimbabwe who are equally suspended by by FIFA have been included in the draw.Hoping it’s an error.#CHAN2023 pic.twitter.com/f7eKjYFBNl— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) April 27, 2022 This however seems not to be the case for Kenya missing out on the draw as Zimbabwe who are also under a FIFA suspension being included in the draw.Kenya was not included in the CECAFA nations set to take part in the qualifiers with three North African giants in the name of Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia also sitting out of the qualifiers according to a CAF list of nations set of the draw.The CHAN 2022 qualifiers will kick off in July 2022 with the tournament that was originally slated for this year pushed to January 2023 after the previous edition was pushed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.AFCON 2023: Harambee Stars ill-prepared for qualifiers – MuyotiThe tournament is exclusively designed for national teams composed of players playing in their domestic league as opposed to the Africa Cup of Nations which has no restrictions on where the players ply their trade.Kenya will however be handed a chance to participate in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after being drawn against Burundi, Namibia and 2017 champions Cameroon.
