After weeks of rescheduling, everything now points to another postponement of the CECAFA U-18 Women’s Championship initially scheduled for 29 June kickoff.This comes after fresh developments indicated that both Uganda and Tanzania had resulted in dissolving active camps – all stemming from the fact that CECAFA, through their Executive Director Auka Gecheo, had ‘ informed the teams that the competition had been postponed to a later date.’CECAFA U18 girls championship that was set to be held in Kenya postponed for the fourth time. The same countries that want to host AFCON can’t even host a junior tournament. CECAFA is so dead man!— Jeff Kinyanjui (@_JeffKinyanjui) June 27, 2023 “We just received information that the tournament may be moved to after 13 July, ” Football Kenya Federation CEO Barry Otieno clarified about the situation on Tuesday. “We will give a final position on the way forward once we finalize with CECAFA.”If the reports are factual, that would present the fourth time the tournament has been moved in a span of months.The first CECAFA tournament of the season was initially penciled to take place on 3-17 June, before being pushed to start on 24 June all the way to 8 July.CECAFA U18 Women’s Championship rescheduledJust a week ago, CECAFA, while announcing that seven teams had confirmed their participation, opted – this time in negotiation with FKF – to push the tournament by five days; resetting the dates to 29 June – 11 July 2023.It is however noted that the Kenyan team of 30 out of 44 players were in camp and that the Kenyan camp remains active.“If they move it a lot of countries will withdraw,” Otieno added. “July 13 is tricky for most countries with exams and school games.”AFCON U23: Ghana, Morocco clash for Group A bragging rights on TuesdayKenya’s head coach Beldine Odemba had on 11th June 2023 appealed to schools to release players who were yet to join camp, while pleading with the Kenya Secondary Schools Sports Association (KSSSA) to adjust its calendar to allow the players an opportunity to represent the national team.The countries that had confirmed participation include; Kenya’s Junior Starlets, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Zanzibar.
