Our bid process is transparent – CAF

On Wednesday, the Minister of Youth, Gender, Sport, and Culture, Tumiso Rakgare accused CAF of “shifting goalposts” during the process of determining the bid winners. East African countries Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with a joint bid, won the rights to organise the 2027 tournament, meaning Botswana’s effort failed at the first attempt.

But Botswana authorities feel CAF should have done better, particularly pointing to the mother body’s failure to publicise results from the executive committee’s vote by a secret ballot. Additionally, sources said Rakgare was not pleased that a report presented to the CAF executive committee by assessors’ who visited bidding countries, did not influence the outcome.