Coach Sebastien Migne held his first training session Monday with the national team, Harambee Stars, ahead of the planned three-week camp in France in the build up to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations set to be staged in Cairo, Egypt from June.
Musa Mohammed, Cliffton Miheso and Libya-based Masud Juma are among players who took part in the session.
Stars are scheduled to jet out to Paris, on June 3 to the French Rugby Federation, Marcoussis Cedex, before flying out to Cairo Egypt, on June 19, in time for the continental showpiece.
Football Kenya Federation has also secured two friendly matches in France, against Madagascar on June 7, and the Gambia a week later, on June 15.
Kenya will play her Group C matches at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo. The first match will see Stars face Algeria on June 23. Tanzania will be up next on June 27, before Harambee Stars wind it up with a match against Senegal on July 1, 2019.
Migne has also named team for the Africa Nations Championships Qualifier against Burundi set to be played in August 2019.
The winner of the tie on aggregate will face off with either Tanzania or Sudan in the second and final qualifying round of the tournament, set to be held in Ethiopia in January 2020.
Kenya will be looking to make a maiden appearance at the 16-team tourney reserved exclusively for players actively featuring in their respective national championships.
Here is a list of players who took part in Monday’s session, according to communication from FKF media unit.
Goalkeepers
John Oyemba, Brian Bwire.
Defenders
David Ochieng, Charles Momanyi, Eric Juma, Musa Mohammed, Mike Kibwage.
Midfielders
Dennis Odhiambo, Joe Waithira, Teddy Osok, Duke Abuya, Cliffton Miheso, Ibrahim Shambi, Paul Were.
Forwards
John Avire, Enosh Ochieng, Pistone Mutamba, Masud Juma.
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