Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania set for first meeting with CAF on AFCON preparations
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The three East African countries will co-host the tournament after their PAMOJA bid won the rights, marking the first time that the competition will be staged in the three nations
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is set to meet the host countries of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, in what is the first official engagement on the preparations for the continental tourney.
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The three East African countries will co-host the tournament after their PAMOJA bid won the rights, marking the first time that the competition will be staged in the three nations.
The two-day meeting will take place from Wednesday, 22 to Thursday, 23 April in Kampala, Uganda, where the three nations will issue updates on delivery priorities for the next phase of preparations for Africa's premier football competition.
Ahead of the meeting, Acting CAF General Secretary Samson Adamu, together with other senior officials drawn from competition, commercial, broadcasting, safety and security, as well as finance, will arrive in Uganda on the evening of Tuesday, 21 April.
The CAF delegation will meet the federation Presidents of the three host nations to discuss the key functional areas, including safety and security, infrastructure, procurement, finance, media and ticketing.
The meeting is also part of CAF’s intention to support the host nations in building a strong coordination structure as well as operational readiness on all core areas that encompass a successful delivery of the tournament.
Adamu, as well as selected individuals, including FA Presidents, will also address the media at the end of each day's meeting with an update on deliberations.
The meeting comes even as the three nations are racing against time to be ready for the tournament, especially by improving their infrastructure.
Kenya and Uganda, for instance, currently have no stadiums certified for Category 4 hosting standards, which is required to host AFCON.
For Kenya, the Talanta Sports City Stadium is about 88% complete while the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, has a dilapidated playing surface among other areas that need improvement.
As for Uganda, not even the brand new Hoima City Stadium met the required standards, according to a CAF report released in February.