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NAIROBI, Sept. 25-- Kenya will now bid to host either the FIFA Under 17 or Under 20 World Cup after being stripped of the right to stage the 2018 Africa Home Nations Championships (CHAN). Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President, Nick Mwendwa, announced Monday the continental governing body, CAF, had promised to give them priority to bid for the global events when Africa hosts the next editions. "We made our presentation to CAF but they made it very clear that the political situation is not conducive to host the tournament," he said in Nairobi. "There are no sanctions whatsoever from CAF because the overall reason is not of our making. If anything, we are discussing about hosting another tournament. The hosts for the junior World Cups will be rotational after this year's edition in India," the FKF boss added. The under-fire football chief added Kenya will not face punishment for the failure to hold the CHAN noting the circumstances that led to its withdrawal as hosts were beyond control. Mwendwa told reporters in Nairobi that CAF was not ready to risk to have CHAN in the country preparing for the Oct. 26 presidential run off due to the simmering political tensions as well as lack of developed stadium infrastructure to stage the matches. "They wanted to test the venues in November and they argued that that would not be possible with the current situation in the country. Every continent will get an opportunity to host thereafter and CAF has promised us that will be given priority for the 2019 tournaments," Mwenwa said. | 
