- Kenya's National Men's Football Team this afternoon will play a competitive game on home ground for the first time since 2021
- Harambee Stars will face Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Gabon in the FIFA World Cup qualifier 2026
- The Kenyan Football Federation (FKF) has confirmed that Nyayo Stadium has been sold thus bringing a huge revenue to a board headed by Hussein Mohamed
The national stadium of footsteps will be filled with this afternoon Harambee Stars It will face Gabon from 10 pm.
The game will be the first in the four years in Kenya to host a competitive game on home land.
Source: UGC
Why Harambee Stars has been hosting matches in other nations
The country has missed CAF/FIFA's long -term stadiums thus forcing its home matches to be played Uganda and South Africa.
This will be the second qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup both teams will play within four days. Kenya came from a 3-0 draw against Gambia while Gabon won 3-0 against the group of the Seychelles.
The Kenyan Football Federation (FKF) led a comprehensive campaign to make the stadium full for a game against a team led by Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang. The federation asked for ticket.co.ke and USSD number to simplify the process of fans to get tickets.
Nyayo Stadium has no place in the Kenyan Vs Gabon match
The federation was also clear that no tickets would be sold on Sunday. At 6:53 Saturday evening, President Hussein Mohamed He confirmed that they had sold every ticket found for the game.
“All tickets are sold!
Thank you, my fellow patriots, for this wonderful achievement. For those who can't get a ticket this time, please get the game directly at KBC with all of us cheering for our national team, Harambee Stars. Gates opened at 11.00 am early is the best, ” He said on his X account.
How much money has FKF earned from Kenya's ticket sales against Gabon
Tickets were divided into three; Normal terraces or bumps were sold for 300 shillings each while the most important people (VIPs) bought them for 1,000 Kenyan shillings each. FKF also introduced only a small unit of 100 seats called the most important people (VVIP) for 10,000 Kenyan shillings each.
21,000 standard, 1,800 VIP and 100 VVIP tickets were sold and made a total of 22,900 tickets sold. Quick calculations indicate that the total amount of money received from these sales was 9.1 million shillings.
Source: UGC
However, this figure is more evident if the federation has also leased a few car parks inside the Nyayo Stadium for 300 shillings each.
The number may increase further considering that the Gabon, Gabon, should also be allocated tickets to sell to their fans. The home team is always required to allocate between 5% to 8% of the total capacity of the field for other team supporters. This allocation ensures that foreign fans have a special place within the stadium, to encourage safety and planning during the match.
Why Aubameyang missed the game of Seychelles
Initially TUKO.co.ke It reported why Aubameyang missed the Gabon game against the Seychelles.
The former attacker of Arsenal He was serving two yellow cards and would be clean against Harambee Stars. He is their best scorer and will want to punish Kenya.
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