CECAFA president Wallace Karia has congratulated Kenya U17 Women’s team for qualifying for the 2024 World Cup that will be staged in the Dominican Republic later this year.The Junior Starlets became the first Kenyan football team to secure a place in the World Cup after beating Burundi in the fourth and final round of the qualifiers. They beat them 5-0 on aggregate to join other African sides Zambia and Nigeria in the 16-team tournament that will be played in the Dominican Republic.##NAJAVA_MECA_8161499##The Starlets have received congratulatory messages from within and outside the borders, and Karia, who also doubles up as the Tanzania Football Federation boss, has joined the bandwagon.”Congratulations to the Kenyan youth for successfully qualifying for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024,” said President Karia.He added that Kenya had made the CECAFA region proud after becoming the second side from the region to qualify for the showpiece. Tanzania first achieved it in 2002.”As a CECAFA Zone, we are proud to be represented in the FIFA U17 WWC for the second time after Tanzania represented this zone in the previous edition.””We are greedy here”: Gor Mahia’s season not done yet despite wrapping up titleMeanwhile, the Kenya team will camp in Spain before flying to the Dominican Republic for the tournament set to commence at the end of October.“We are going to put them in camp in Spain for three weeks, and then from there, they will fly directly to the Dominican Republic. We will play several matches there, and this will ensure they get the best preparation,” said FKF boss Nick Mwendwa.Sports CS Ababu Namwamba added that the team will be prepared well to ensure that they go and do well in the tournament and not just fill the numbers.“We don’t want Kenya to just go there and add up the numbers and just participate. We want to go there and put on a good show and compete. We want to make Kenya and Africa proud,” Namwamba said.Kenya to seek provisional license for Nyayo Stadium for AFCON qualifiers
