Kenyan FIFA referee Josephine Wanjiku is among 59 match officials selected from across Africa for a Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) preparation course.Follow our WhatsApp channel for more newsThe Confederation of African Football (CAF) continues to prepare for the 2025 WAFCON, and this time the continental football governing body has organised the preparation course that is scheduled for Sunday, 25 to Thursday, 29 May, in Cairo, Egypt.Michael Olunga bags brace to send Al Duhail to Emir Cup quartersWanjiku is the only Kenyan match official and one of the only eight from East Africa who have been selected for the training.Of the eight East African match officials, five are centre referees with three serving as assistant referees.##NAJAVA_MECA_8903723##Aline Umutoni of Rwanda, Suavis Iratunga of Burundi, Ethiopia’s Martha Dereje Melesse and DRC’s Rachel Zihindula Nzigire are the other East African referees who were selected for the training.They will be joined by assistant referees: Kanjiga Mireille of DRC, Alice Umutedi of Rwanda and Janes Charles of South Sudan in the training.U20 AFCON Diary: Cheap fuel in plenty as sanity reigns in Egyptian roadsHosts Egypt will have the highest number of representatives with a total of five match officials selected for the training, including one centre referee, two instructors/ committee members and two VAR technicians who will also be trained.The training will yet again mark an increase in confidence for the Kenyan centre referee, whose stature in both the local and global scenes keeps increasing day by day.##NAJAVA_MECA_8903725##The workshop will take place a month after Wanjiku was on duty as the fourth official in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers second leg clash pitting Guinea against Ivory Coast at the Stade Mamadou Konate in Mali on Friday, 25 April.Wanjiku, who is one of only two Kenyan female FIFA-accredited referees alongside Juma Lucy Awino, was also the only Kenyan referee invited for a FIFA seminar for prospective referees that took place from Monday, 3 March to Friday, 7 March in Doha, Qatar.TACTICAL ANALYSIS: Gor Mahia’s strategy that thrived in chaos against ShabanaLocally, she is one of the best referees in the league and has handled high-profile matches, including the Mashemeji Derby.
