The Kenyan government has closed down Nyayo Stadium for renovation after the recently concluded World Rugby U20 Trophy 2023.
According to Sports CS Ababu Namwamba, who toured the facility on Thursday, the plan is to have the venue ready to host Kakamega Homeboyz’s CAF Confederation Cup fixture against Al Hilal Benghazi of Libya on August 18.
“This is the only option we have (in the country), otherwise Kakamega (-[Homeboyz] will be forced to take their match to Tanzania and we don’t want that to happen,” Namwamba told the contractors while touring the venue.
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“I don’t know what it will take you to have the venue ready for the Homeboyz match,” Namwamba continued, adding: “Even if it means adding manpower to what you have now, I will support that, we need more equipment to do this work, we can’t use only one fork [jembe] to do the job, you need to add more and must finish this job.”
He added: “How much time do we need to have the playing surface ready?” he posed a question which one of contractors responded, six days we will be ready, and then Namwamba continued: “I don’t want us to lose even a day of work here, it is extremely tight, very tight, and we have to play that Homeboyz match here, this pitch, is also where Harambee Stars will play, and we should protect this pitch, we have to protect this pitch.”
Homeboyz have already started preparations for the fixture and are due to travel to Uganda for a pre-season friendly against Ugandan Premier League outfit KCCA FC on August 4 at Philip Omondi Stadium.