With their international friendly match taking place outside of the FIFA International Match Calendar, Egypt and Kenya will kick off with a mixture of youngsters and locally-based players at the Aswan Stadium on August 30.
For Kenya, it is a chance at redemption as they seek to rebuild after their surprise African Cup of Nations qualifying elimination at the hands of Lesotho. The loss saw the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) sack their Belgium-born coach Adel Amrouche and his entire technical team.
Experienced Scottish coach Bobby Williamson was brought in and he charge of the national team for the first time in Egypt.
"We have had two training sessions and none has been attended by Gor Mahia players," said Williamson. "We will therefore not use them for this match."
"I do not think the previous coaches had snubbed me," said Were.
"It is just my time had not come and that has finally happened. I look forward to score goals now that the opportunity is here.
"This is a young team and the players are motivated to give their best. They will succeed in a big way."
Egypt have had their 18-man local squad in a training camp since Monday, with their international stars due to join up with the team only after the Kenya game.
Head coach Shawky Gharib had hoped to add Chelsea's Mohamed Salah to his inexperienced squad for the friendly but his advances were rebuffed by the Premier League outfit.
"Chelsea refused to release Salah before Kenya's friendly, which is not included in the FIFA calendar," Gharib said.
"The English club confirmed that Salah will be in Cairo on 31 August, five days before our game against Senegal."
