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Cecafa U15 Challenge Cup: Kenyan junior team revealed

The Kenya national U15 team for the Cecafa Challenge Cup has been named ahead of the upcoming competition in Eritrea later this month.

Rajab Umar, Gil Harel, James Gachago, Kevin Wangaya, and Zein Mwakitawa - who participated in the Shield Trophy-winning side at the Southampton Cup U-13 category in England in 2017 -have all been included.

Karl Murugi and Isaac Mugweru, who were successfully spotted from the ongoing FKF Elite Youth League, have earned their places in the junior team too.

Kenya have been pooled in Group A alongside Somalia Eritrea and Burundi and will start the campaign against Somalia on the first day of the competition in the capital, Asmara.