Harambee Stars are set to pitch a training camp in Polokwane, South Africa ahead of next week’s two 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier matches.The team will travel to the South African city on Sunday ahead of their final two AFCON qualifiers against Zimbabwe and Namibia.Why Harambee Stars lost to South Sudan in CHAN qualifiersAccording to Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa, the decision to train in Polokwane will give the team an added advantage as the venue is also host to the two matches.“Polokwane City has everything we need to train. They have good training facilities and hotels and so we have decided that the team sets up camp there ahead of the two matches,” he said.##NAJAVA_MECA_8489375##Harambee Stars will play Zimbabwe on Friday 15 November first before taking on Namibia four days later. Kenya has to win both matches to resurrect their chances of qualifying for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco.Zimbabwe on the other hand need just a point to book a ticket to the tournament while Namibia have already been eliminated.Gor Mahia defender responds to reports of threatening an A Mosquito FC officialLast week Zimbabwe head coach Michael Nees also revealed that his team would train in Polokwane City ahead of the two matches.Nees said while Zimbabwe had played their previous matches in Johannesburg they had not been impressed by the facilities in South Africa’s biggest city. In an interview on Ollah 7 Podcast Nees said: “We saw the need to improve on those areas and our conditions. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8457009##Orlando Stadium was good when we played that Friday (against Namibia in the first leg). For every training, we needed a police escort, and we could spend more time on the bus.” He also revealed that during the previous encounter against Namibia, they experienced several logistical issues ranging from transportation constraints to the lack of accessible high-standard training grounds.Bandari goalkeeper thrilled to keep clean sheet in first game since waking from comaPolokwane has the Peter Mokaba Stadium and a number of good quality training grounds.
