President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated the Women National Team, Harambee Starlets for their tremendous performance at the just concluded CECAFA Championship.
His message came after the Harambee Starlets won the championship for the first time ever.
In a tweet on Monday evening, the head of state lauded the team for making the country proud.
''President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of congratulations to the national women's football team #HarambeeStarlets for winning the 2019 CECAFA Championship after beating title holders Tanzania's Kilimanjaro Queens 2-0 in the final played at Chamazi Stadium in Dar es Salaam,'' said State House.
This was a revenge game since the two teams had met in the last year's finals with Tanzania beating Kenya 2-1 to win the competition in Kigali, Rwanda.
The team finished the championship without any defeat.
This has never been recorded by another team who have participated in the tournament in previous years.
Despite difficulties that affected the team's preparation at some point that even resulted in breaking up of their camp at Kasarani, the team remained focused on their training and got even more determined to win.
They recorded a huge win of 12 goals to nil against Djibouti.
Kenya had a total of 24 goals in the competition. They led with the number of goals scored.