Thousands of football enthusiasts have today poured onto the streets of Nairobi to have a glimpse of the World cup trophy tour which arrived in the county yesterday.
The football enthusiast captured photos with the coveted World cup trophy.
The magnificent trophy is on a tour of the world, aiming to cover 51 countries and some 91 cities, Kenya included.
As a measure of promoting the 2022 World Cup Games set to be played in the summer between June 14-July 15 in Qatar, landed in Kenya mid-morning on Thursday accompanied by top FIFA officials.
Former Brazil playmaker and World cup winner Julio Belletti was on board the plane that touched down at the JKIA yesterday enroute to the statehouse to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Centre (As early as 7 am on Tuesday, ecstatic youths, some clad in T-shirts of their preferred teams, were already lining in long, winding queues at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), located within the city centre to have a photo chance with the prized trophy.
Not even the scorching afternoon sun that razed through the monumental building before letting its rays rest on the energetic youth could prevent them from experiencing just this moment.
At one point, police were forced to use force to disperse rowdy fans after they tried to force their way through the trophy podium.
However, order was quickly restored allowing the viewing to continue.
The trophy, in Nairobi, as part of a worldwide tour, sponsored by Coca-Cola, to popularise the sport ahead of the summer football extravaganza is a golden jewel valued at Sh1 billion and only sitting Heads of State and World Cup winners are allowed to hold it.
Only ten countries in Africa will have the rare chance to see the trophy.
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday received the trophy at State House in Nairobi, with the head of state urging aspiring footballers to aim for world cup heights.
Only ten countries in Africa will have the rare chance to see the trophy.
This is the fourth time the trophy is touring the country, the last time being in 2013.
The trophy’s next stop is Mozambique before heading to South Africa and later Uganda.