Kenya’s women national team Harambee Starlets beat Uganda’s Crested Cranes 3-0 in their last group stage match of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (Cecafa) Women’s championship at the Chamazi stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Thursday.
Goals from Mercy Airo, Mwanahalima Adam and Jentrix Shikangwa gave Harambee Starlets the win that sees them top group B with nine points with Uganda finishing second on six points.
Kenya will play Burundi in the semis on Saturday with Uganda taking on champions Tanzania in the other last four encounter.
Uganda, who finished second in last year’s event, had beaten Kenya 1-0 at the semi-final stage.
Forward Mercy Airo opened the scoring in the eighth minute after finishing off a sweeping move.
Eleven minutes later, Adam doubled the scores for Kenya after another neat move.
Shikangwa scored from the spot at on the 90th minute to put the game beyond Uganda’s reach.
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