Just when pieces were nicely falling in place to roll-off another pleasant stretch for Kenyan soccer lovers, the local mafia that is Kenya football managers spoilt the party - again.We are coming off a celebratory mood after Supersport extended their sponsorship for the Kenyan Premier League, the national under 20 lads have walloped Sudan 3 -0 to book a date with Lesotho, the senior team has drawn 1-1 with Tanzania - in Dar es Salaam - before teaching Ethiopia a footballing lesson with a 3 - 0 hiding - in Addis Ababa, our stand out professionals Mariga and Oliech have kicked off the new season with valuable match-play time, spirits are high in camp as the team prepares for Guinea Bissau - what more could a football romantic ask for?
Then come departure time, a shocker! Football Kenya Limited had forgotten the simple logistical necessity of completing travel arrangements in time. After the coaching and playing units have shown so much enthusiasm in the training camp, why should the administrators display such ineptitude?
Someone should have impressed upon the government the need for early allocation of air tickets. Someone should have learnt in ample time of the difficulties of finding connecting flights to Guinea Bissau and West Africa in general.
How is it that players can be aware of these difficulties and not the the football managers? Could someone be sleeping on the job? As it is, players might arrive in Bissau quite jaded - if they make it in time at all.
Let us hope that this unfortunate turn of events does not rob us of the great opportunity we have of starting the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers on a winning note. If we come back from Bissau carrying a defeat, we all know whom to throw it at.
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For an up-coming poor footballing youngster in a Kenyan backstreet, there probably can never be a more apt motivating factor than Macdonald Mariga driving into camp in an imposing red Hummer.
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