Kenyan duo of Peter Waweru Kamaku and Stephen Elezar Onyango Yiembe will officiate the final match of the 2023 U23 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).Host Morocco will face defending champions Egypt in the final tonight at the Prince Moulay Abdallah Stadium in Rabat.While Waweru will be the center referee in the match, Yiembe will carry the flag as the first assistant referee with Togo’s Jonathan Ahonto Koffi being the second assistant referee.##NAJAVA_MECA_7359253##Somalia’s Omar Abdulkadir Artan has been picked as the fourth official with Burundi’s Jean Claude Birumushahu the match commissioner for the official team that is majorly an East African affair bar for the Togolese.Kenyan duo of Peter Waweru Kamaku (CR) and Stephen Yiembe (1st AR) will be part of the officiating team for the 2023 AFCON U23 final pitting Morocco and Egypt.Jonathan Koffi (2nd AR) – TogoOmar Abdulkadir Artan (4th) – SomaliaJean Claude Birumushahu (MC) – Burundi#FootballKe pic.twitter.com/yksZvhuIuz— Murimi Kipchirnjir (@muriminjirujnr) July 8, 2023 Yiembe, a FIFA assistant referee has officiated three matches already at this year’s competitions, two in the group stages (Egypt’s 1-0 win over Mali and Morocco’s 2-1 win over Guinea) and also Egypt’s 1-0 win over Guinea in the semis.Kariobangi Sharks smiling all the way to the bank after cashing Tyson Otieno to Police FCEarlier in May, he was part of the officiating team during the 2023 U17 AFCON in Algeria.On the other hand, Kamaku has been reserved for the final match but was largely used during CAF club competitions as well as the AFCON qualifiers earlier.Eight teams qualified for the U23 AFCON which kicked off on 24 June 2023 in the Moroccan towns of Rabat and Tangier. No team from the CECAFA region qualified for the competition which also provided three slots for qualification for the Paris Olympic Games 2024.
