Dar es Salaam, Sept. 7 -- IT was supposed to be East Africas grand moment of togetherness, the longawaited debutante ball where Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda waltzed arm in arm to show off to the rest of Africa.

Three neighbours, one big family – Pamoja as the slogan proudly announced.

And yet, when the final whistle of the 2024 African Nations Championship blew in Nairobi, the only voice anyone could hear belonged to Kenya, congratulating itself so loudly that Addis Ababa probably filed a noise complaint.

Morocco lifted their third CHAN trophy, Madagascar wept happy tears at reaching their first ever final, Kenyans – never ones to miss a spotlight – seized the microphone and declared to the world: “We hosted the b...