Babu Owino interacts with fans at the regular section of Kasarani Stadium
By Arnold Ngure, August 22, 2025Embakasi East MP Babu Owino on Friday, August 22, 2025, interacted with football fans in the regular category at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, during Kenya’s game against Madagascar.
The youthful MP was seen taking selfies with impressed fans at the Stadium, where he has, on two consecutive occasions, opted to sit with regular fans instead of joining other leaders at the VIP section.
With an 80 per cent capacity, which translates to 36,000 fans, Kenya is expected to use their home advantage against the visiting Madagascar team.
Knockout stages
The highly consequential match will determine if Kenya makes it to the next round or not, even as Tanzania takes on Morocco at 8:00 pm, a match that Kenyan football fanatics will follow keenly.
Tanzania and Kenya have been having online banters about which of their teams is the best. Both teams finished their group stages unbeaten and at 10 points each.
Speaking in Nairobi on Thursday, August 21, 2025, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen wished that Tanzania could reach the finals, so that it faces Kenya in the finals, which will be held in the Kasarani Stadium.
Finals in Kenya
“The best thing that will happen for Kenya and Tanzania, and the match that will be very interesting, is to have Tanzania in the finals,” Murkomen said on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
“We wish Tanzania all the best; hopefully, they can make it to the semis and then to the finals so that we have a very enjoyable match in Kasarani.”
“I don’t know how we will control the people who will go to the stadium because that will be really a cracker.”
Morocco will face Tanzania later today at 8:00 pm to fight for a slot in the semifinals. Uganda will face Senegal as Sudan clashes with Algeria on Saturday, August 23, 2025, for a spot in the next round.