CHAN LOC blames fans for crowd trouble, urges adherence to set guidelines
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The Committee noted that continued security breaches would attract severe sanctions from CAF
Kenya's African Nations Championship (CHAN) Local Organizing Committee has asked supporters to observe discipline and order in the remaining matches, so as to avoid a recurrence of the scenes witnessed in Harambee Stars' match against Morocco on Sunday.
Addressing the press on Tuesday, 12 August, LOC Chairman Nicholas Musonye decried "bad behaviour" from Kenyan fans, which has placed the nation at risk of failing to host matches involving Harambee Stars.
In light of security lapses witnessed at the Moi International Sports Centre—Kasarani, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) imposed a new wave of measures on the nation, limiting its stadium capacity to 60 percent, and restricting entry to fans with purely online tickets.
Reacting to the Monday, 11 August sanctions, Musonye laid the blame on "a few fans who violated the regulations by forcing their way into the stadium, saying the situation was unacceptable."
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"We are having meetings with the Ministry of Interior Security to ensure that the bad behaviour does not continue," Musonye said. "It is a punishment to our people, and we are urging our security forces to be more alert and strong."
The former CECAFA president was backed by Football Kenya Federation (FKF) boss Hussein Mohammed and CHAN LOC CEO Mike Rabar, who also urged fans to preserve the enviable reputation of Kenyan football.
Thanking the fans for their passionate support and energy, Mohammed called for collective responsibility and cooperation among fans to protect the future of Kenyan football.
"Continued security breaches risk attracting severe sanctions from the relevant authorities, sanctions that would ultimately deny Kenyan fans the chance to enjoy such events in the future and erode the gains that we have already achieved in the recent past," he said.
Though not taking accountability for security lapses highlighted by CAF in their two-page letter, the Committee outlined measures to curb future occurrences of crowd trouble.
"We are making arrangements to set up ill be the setting up of official fan zones, where supporters can gather and watch the Harambee Stars' final group match against Zambia this Sunday, 17 August in a safe and controlled environment," Mohammed noted, saying details on the same would be made in the coming days.
Stressing CAF's measures, the Commitee also urged fans to purchase tickets only from the authorised online vendor, and arrive at the stadium at least five hours before kick off.
Regarding a question on hoarding of physical tickets by Government, Musonye simply said: "There are no Government tickets."
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