Kenya’s CHAN Local Organizing Committee (LOC) chairman, Nicholas Musonye, has assured that the committee will launch an intensive promotional campaign for the upcoming tournament, which will be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania in August.Originally scheduled for February, the tournament was postponed to August due to infrastructure challenges faced by the three host nations, who are still working to complete preparations for this prestigious biannual event, which none of the countries has hosted before.##NAJAVA_MECA_8650513##The draw for the tournament took place last week, with Kenya being placed in a challenging Group A alongside Zambia, DR Congo, and Angola. Only two teams from each group will automatically advance to the quarter-finals.Before the postponement, the tournament faced criticism for its lack of promotion. The LOC was accused of not doing enough to publicize the event within Kenya and the East African region.Musonye acknowledges this and has assured that significant efforts will be made to rectify the situation before the tournament kicks off in August.In an interview, Musonye explained that time constrain had made it difficult to promote the event adequately but reassured the public that, from next week, the promotional activities would ramp up.Musonye explains how Tanzania and Uganda’s unpreparedness led to CHAN postponementHe expressed confidence that there is enough time to raise awareness about the tournament not only in Kenya but across East Africa and the rest of the continent.“For February, we were not ready for that kind of promotion because of the time factor, but I want to assure you that from next week, we are going to put a lot of promotion in place for people to know that something is going to happen in this country,” Musonye said in an interview with NTV.“We had not done it, that one I agree, because of the time factor, but now we have six months, we have enough time to promote this competition and tell East Africans and Africans that this is happening here.”Musonye expressed strong confidence in the commercial, marketing, and media teams set up, stressing their capability to effectively promote the tournament to a wide audience.REPORTS: Kazakhstan giants table hundreds of millions for Harambee Stars left back“We have a very strong marketing and commercial team, we have a very strong media team, and we shall really promote this competition in the best way so that Kenyans know that we have an event taking place here in August,” he added.He also highlighted Kenya’s success in hosting the recent draw, which was organized in just three days despite typically requiring three months of preparation.“You saw the draw, it normally takes three months to organize; we only took three days. It was the best you have ever seen, wasn’t it? What can stop us from organizing CHAN in six months?” he posed.CAF has yet to confirm the exact dates for the competition.Head coach Peter Okidi targeting never before achieved feat with Shabana
