Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has requested the Confederation of African Football (Caf) to postpone the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches between Kenya and Comoros owing to the risk of Coronavirus infections.
Kenya is set to face Comoros in Nairobi on March 25, and again in Moroni six days later in a tie whose result could determine whether Harambee Stars make a successive return to the continental championship set for Cameroon.
A select group of Harambee Stars players are already in camp ahead of this game but this hasn’t stopped FKF from penning the request to Caf.
FKF’s stance comes two days after the Kenyan government moved to ban all conferences and meetings of more than 15 people of international nature for a month.
The government has also banned flights from specific countries that are affected by the virus as a precautionary measure.
“We have written to Caf seeking to have the upcoming qualifier against Comoros postponed to a later date,” FKF president Nick Mwendwa told Goal.com
“We do not want to take a risk now that most of the players in the Comoros squad play in France and it is one of the countries which has been affected by the virus.”
Last week, Caf sent a communique indicating it was monitoring the situation before issuing a directive.
Already, Kenya will be without Japan-based striker Michael Olunga should the match against Comoros go ahead.
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