Celebrated Kenyan referee Peter Waweru is back in action at continental level and will be doing duty at the 2022 African Nations Championship, CHAN set for Algeria in January 2023. Waweru, who last officiated at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON in Cameroon, will serve as a VAR official.”FIFA referee Dr Peter Kamaku has been appointed as VAR referee for Total Energies CHAN Algeria 2022”, FKF acting chairman Doris Petra said.Kenyan match officials have been in the cold since FIFA, the world’s football body slapped Football Kenya Federation, FKF with a suspension over government interference in its management. This ref na legend 😂😂😂😂😂.. Peter waweru #afcon2022 pic.twitter.com/g82K13zRcU— Baba aladiye.Sol 💎 (@joshymiyagi) January 19, 2022 The suspension has since been lifted after the government complied with FIFA demands paving the way for Kenyan match officials to return to international officiating.Waweru was born in Nairobi, Kenya and he attended Gatheri Primary School and Kirogo High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics & Computer Science in (2006) and a master of Science in Pure Mathematics (2008) both from Jomo Kenyatta University.The only Kenyan representative at the #TotalCHAN2020 … Dr Peter Waweru Kamau, a JKUAT lecturer, is the centre ref in the #Congo v #Niger tie. #CGNR pic.twitter.com/WsMDKaaYWc— Tungsten™ (@kollonabiswa) January 21, 2021 He attained a Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics in 2013 from Jomo Kenyatta University and in 2015, Waweru accomplished a Postgraduate Diploma in Education Technology from University of Cape Town. Waweru started to officiate football matches in the lower leagues of Kenya in 2011.In 2013, he joined Kenyan Premier League and in 2017 he was listed as a FIFA referee. He has officiated in various FIFA tournaments such as Afcon U20 in 2019, AFCON 2019 in Egypt, 2019 U17 World Cup in Brazil, 2021 Chan where he officiated the final. Since 2017, Waweru has officiated several Caf Champions League games, Confederation Cup matches and Fifa World Cup qualifying matches and he was picked as one of the referees for the 2021 Afcon in Cameroon.He is a member of the 20-pioneer group for CAF/FIFA Professional Referee since 2020.
