Kenya said goodbye to the African Cup of Nations with a well deserved win over Group B rivals Burkina Faso.

Goals from Emmanuel Ake, Dennis Oliech and John Barasa secured the three points while Burkina had Rahim Ouedraogo sent off.

After a goalless first-half Ake took advantage of Oliech's well weighted pass to poke home soon after the break.

Oliech then celebrated his 19th birthday by converting Jacob Mulama's cross before Barasa clipped in late on.

Before the match, Burkina Faso had a slim chance of reaching the last eight, needing to win their game by a hatful and rely on Mali beating Senegal by a heavy score too.

They began brightly enough when midfielder Dieudonne Minougou brought out a good early save from Kenya keeper Duncan Ochieng.

I am happy and satisfied because I have achieve one of my mission in the Nations Cup which is to win our first ever match in the finals Kenya coach Jacob Mulee

Moments later it was Ahmed Outtara's turn to test Ochieng, with his 20-yard strike stinging the palms of the goal-stopper.

But for all their huffing and puffing, the closest Burkina got to scoring in the match was when striker Moumouni Dagano sent his close-range header over the hands of Ochieng but also over the bar.

Kenya, who had lost their matches against Mali and Senegal and conceded six goals in the process, suddenly found some belief in themselves.

Oliech, who in previous matches has looked like he could take on any defence in the world but never score, was the main catalyst in Kenya's attack once again.

The defence was weak from the start and it just got worse as the match went on Burkina coach Jean-Paul Rabier

He came close in the first-half with an spectacular overhead and dinked effort which Burkina keeper Mohamed Kabore managed to get a hand to.

Shortly after the interval he was rewarded for his endeavours when a dazzling run which took out two defenders ended with the striker delivering a teasing ball into the six-yard area which Ake gratefully tucked away.

The 19-year-old then finally got his first and last goal of the tournament when he got to Titus Mulama's centre before keeper Kabore, to tap in from four yards out.

Fifteen minutes from time referee Sowe Modou appeared to be over-zealous in his decision to send-off Rahim Ouedraogo after he tripped Kenya's Ake inside his own half.

And to rub salt into Burkina's wounds, substitute Barasa completed the rout by striking his shot high into the goal after feeding off a clever backheel from Oliech.

Burkina Faso: 1-Mohamed Kabore; 7-Amadou Coulibaly, 2-Moussa Ouattara, 8-Mahamaoudou Kere, 15-Ousmane Traore (3-Patrick Zoundi, 65); 6-Rahim Ouedraogo, 17-Amadou Tidiane, 20-Amara Ouattara, 21-Hamidou Balbone (10-Abdoulaye Cisse, 36); 9-Moumouni Dagano, 14-Dieudonne Minoungou

Kenya: 22-Duncan Ochieng; 21-Moses Gikenyi (14-Andrew Oyombe, 38) 4-Musa Otieno, 8-Adam Shaban, 15-Philip Opiyo; 5-Tom Juma, 7-Titus Mulama, 17-Robert Mambo, 19-Emmanuel Ake; 18-Dennis Oliech, 9-Mike Okoth (11-John Baraza, 57)

Referee: Sowe Modou (Gambia)