Thank you Mr President for intervening to ensure that Gor Mahia represented our country at this year’s edition of CECAFA Kagame Cup in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
As usual, the Kenya Football Federation could not honour its obligations. Having met CECAFA and committed to pay for the team’s tickets to and from Tanzania, the federation went back on its word and it increasingly appeared that the Kenyan premier league defending champions would join the regional club football party in Tanzania.
It is unfortunate that even a hastily organised fundraiser could not raise enough cash to send the team to Dar es Salaam, with only Ksh 2.1 million being raised.
The President’s gesture should be copied by all sports lovers in the country if we hope to continue growing as a sporting nation. Better still, all measures should be put in place to ensure that sports become more than a source of leisure. If everyone plays their parts well, we should be able to convince those with resources that sports can make serious business sense.
Just look at how the English Premier League has been made so attractive to both fans and businesses worldwide. Why does it remain so difficult to transform ours? Why, for instance, is Gor Mahia, with such a passionate and large fan base - and equally doing so well on the pitch, unable to attract any kind of sponsorship?
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