Kenya’s men’s national football team, the Harambee Stars, will host their final 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying tie against Namibia in South Africa.The game, scheduled for Tuesday November 19 (1600 EAT), had initially been penciled to take place at Mandela National Stadium in Uganda, but Mozzart Sport can reveal that the fixture will now be played at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, South Africa.##NAJAVA_MECA_8486378##The update was confirmed on Friday by Football Kenya Federation CEO Patrick Korir, who said that the move was to “easen up the team logistics.”He noted that Kenya playing away to Zimbabwe at the same venue four days earlier (on Friday, November 15) meant that it “would be easier to stay there than take another plane to Uganda.”Cost of sacking Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat revealedKenya, thanks to the unavailability of fit-for-purpose stadiums, have been playing their AFCON qualifying home matches in neighboring Uganda, and this will be the first time they will take their games down south.“It’s still a good venue for us considering we will not be handing Namibia any advantage,” Korir said, adding that the 45,500-capacity stadium will be open to fans, unlike in Kenya’s previous home tie against Cameroon in Uganda that was held behind closed doors.The Peter Mokaba Stadium, built in 2007, hosted four group matches during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and plays host to Baroka FC, Polokwane City FC, and rugby side Limpopo Blue Bulls.Sitting third in Group J, Kenya needs to at least win both of its remaining matches and hope that second-placed Zimbabwe loses both of its games to book a place in the continental tournament in Morocco next year.
