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THE KENYAN HARAMBEE STARS TEAM IS NOT THAT BAD



                                  In 1997, when I was in Primary school, our then Member of Parliament, Musalia Mudavadi, in a bid to win the parliamentary seat for Sabatia, donated 19 lockers to our school. The man in fact, and this was the first time I was seeing him, came to our school to hand out the desks. Remember the school had over 300 pupils. We waited in anticipation as the tortured bananas waved defiantly in the September sun. He came at one, we danced in excitement as we admired his security detail and his motor vehicle entourage which included the local D.O. he was in hurry and so we assembled so fast, Mr. D.O talked so fast and welcomed him.
                                          And that is where Musalia Mudavadi, the son of Mudamba dropped the bombshell. He said, as a matter of fact, that any pupil, among the class eight candidates, who will get 550 out of the possible 700 will receive Kshs. 10,000. That’s when I knew the man was bluffing. I laughed because to me, it was a joke. He further donated kshs. 10,000 received his goat and left while we tailed him with a hail of songs.
Now to the matters football, as I heard that Uhuru Kenyatta and Mike Mbuvi had promised the Harambee Stars one million each if the defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria, I knew they were bluffing. It is futile to think that Kenya can defeat Nigeria, the African giants just like that. There is no way, no matter who the coach is, that our Kenyan football team will tower above the stars. It is predictably dreamable to think that the team can succeed.
                                        Why do I think that Uhuru and Sonko were bluffing? The two guys knew just like the sun shines that there money was safe already. They of course understand that the only way Kenya would come to winning was losing terribly. And I think after the loss, they clicked their glasses in triumph. I can imagine Ruto text Uhuru and tell him, “We lost brother”
                          I am not looking down the fact that Kenya is a good team, I know that, kenya’s football is exceptional. The talent is beguiling and the co-ordination amazing. Whatever is needed is, ironing out the minor mistakes that the team shows. And that is where money is needed.
                                    Therefore instead of promising to give the team money, give the team money to train and perfect their skill and talent. Donate training kits and refurbish the stadia. Uplift the team by hiring nutritionists and gym instructors. Make sure they are well insured and paid. Football, just like tea, could be our main foreign exchange earner, and instead of looking at how to create jobs for the youth, the jobs will come.
                                         In the future, I beg Mike sonko and Uhuru Kenyatta to give the two million to the team before the game, so that the team can organize, several friendly games outside Kenya and maybe uplift their talent. If that is done, one month to the game, then as sure as the sun rises from the east, Kenya will have a say in Africa football.  

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