It was a pledge done long ago, why are guys getting this thing wrong all the time?

Are you kidding ? Cabinet ministers are supposed to advise the president. They are supposed to be the experts to guide the president on policy. Tell me who else is close enough to advise the president on matters relating to sports if not the sports minister ?

Uhuru can resolve the land issue much faster simply by a presidential directive. I am sure you know that there is a lot of bureacracy and corruption at the land commision and nothing gets done. Why do you think land grabbing happens in the 1st place.

You clearly know nothing about football. FIFA does not forbid the government from paying for friendlies. It forbids them from appointing Federation officials.

Funny how you keep telling me to get my facts straight yet all your facts are dead wrong

Go look at what FIFA actually forbids before talking. In fact in most African countries, the government pays the expenses of the national team.

Sorry but I have to laugh at this. You think I feel bad because the players are going to Brazil ?
Go look at the reaction of football fans. You can see for yourself at the link below


http://www.futaa.com/foo...arambee-stars-to-brazil


Uhuru is making a clown of himself. If anything he should listen to the reaction in social media if he wants to endear himself to football fans.

Believe me. If Uhuru had come to the rescue of the U17 team which was withdrawn, all football fans including myself would be cheering him.

But you can carry on with your sycophancy if you want to

A sports minister is supposed to advice on policy that will better sports and such like events in the country. NOT to tell the president "no...dont send these people to Brazil buy them a field" or "Coarse Brazil to play with Kenya". Do you even know how that sounds? Who is that dying to play with Harambee Stars?

Football in Kenya is in a turmoil because of those officials at KFF not because of Uhuru or the lack of fields, if you want to see this reality, watch the schools sporting events. Why have Rugby Volleyball and Athletics succeeded? KFF should gets its house in order. Am sorry but Uhuru cannot be blamed for this. Sasa enda kwa thread ingine ukamtafute huko

You are basically saying that a president should only surround himself with people who only tell him "YES". In other words surround himself with sycophants. That is a recipe for disaster. A leader should surround himself with people who are willing to correct him and tell him what it will take to make himself popular with a certain demographic.

Football in Kenya is in turmoil for a lot of reasons not just KFF or FKF. Clearly you know nothing about football. Kids growing up today will never be good at football if they have no fields to sharpen their skills on. The reason Kenya produced much better footballers in the 1970s and 1980s is precisly because these guys grew up in an era of abundant open spaces. Back then every estate in Eastlands and even middle class estates always had open spaces for play.

I am not blaming Uhuru for anything. Stop putting words in my mouth for once. I am saying sending players to Brazil does not help raise the standards of football. I am saying there is a lot more that a president can do to raise the standards. Sorry but sending players to Brazil is not one of them. Lets stick to the issue at hand.


There are certain leaders in Kenya who are actually doing things to improve sports: Mutua in Machakos has built a stadium. This will actually raise the profile of the league by bringing games to Machakos.

It is a REWARD as pledged for winning the CECAFA trophy after years in the cold and done using someone's PERSONAL funds. These haters can fCUCK off!!!

Greater still, these haters can do an MPESA harambee with their PERSONAL funds and action all these manenoz they talking.

If saying I have bile makes you happy then suit yourself. To me hiyo ni utoto and it does not bother me one bit. If you think I have bile then so be it. I do not care. I don't even know why I would have bile. But whatever ............

But the issue at hand is as follows: Uhuru says that the trip to Brazil will raise the standards of football. I say that not only is that not true but may actually have detrimental effects to teams in the premier league. Such solutions may actually be detrimental to player development because they should be focused on training.

Siasa aside, that is the issue at hand. Does anyone here actually think that sending players to Brazil will raise standards ? If so then come and have a grown up debate.

Kysse

This is what Uhuru promised when Kenya won the cecafa cup


He assured that the Government would work with other stakeholders to bring transformational management in football.

President Kenyatta reiterated his directive that lotteries in the country be dedicated to promotion of sports, arts and the environment from January next year.

Cabinet Secretary Sports Arts and Culture Dr. Hassan Wario said his ministry was committed to promoting youth talent in the country.

“Youth focus on what they do best – sports. Let us not introduce politics in the administration of sports in the country,” the minister said.

Source:
http://www.sportsnewsare...rs-following-cecafa-win

This is the point I am making. There is a lot that president and the govt can do to raise standards of football. The points he raised above are very good and is what is needed.

Hiyo mambo ya promising to send team to Brazil is something that is coming up just now.

If Kusema na kutenda is true basi wacha atende the parts in blue above.

FKF KFF yote sawa, a cut of the same cloth. There are no rugby pitches everywhere but we have great rugby players. Rugby is predominantly played in schs not in fields out of nowhere. Our runners practice in sch playing fields, but they excel anyway. Football in Kenya is f*d'up by those tribal clubs and their members, so don't expect any miracle. Going to Brazil may or may not help the players but its a gift that the president felt they deserved. Sasa wewe hauna say its his money he chooses what to do with it.

Rugby is a completely different animal. You do not have to practise your rugby skills as much as you do in football. There have been numerous cases of players who never played rugby in secondary school and still excelled. For example the Kenya women's sevens team consists almost entirely of players who had never touched a rugby ball until after they finished form 4. If you are big or have speed or are very agile or if you are the kind of person who is not scared of delivering adn receiving big hits then you can excel. I know players who played for the Kenya XV team who had never played in secondary school. One player (Mwololo) became so good that he was invited to the UK for trials. Yet he had never played rugby until he was almost 20. But his breathtaking speed is what carried him.

Football is the exact opposite. Football relies entirely on muscle memory and skill development. You simply cannot learn how to kick a ball at age 18 and expect to succeed. Those who have been playing their whole lives and sharpening their skills every day are the ones who succeed. yet 60% of Nairobians live in slums with no fields. Many of them do not go to secondary school anyway due to lack of funds so its not as if they have an alternate place to play.

With regard to football being messed up by tribal clubs, you are talking absolute nonsense. In fact Kenya football thrived in the 1970s and 1980s when the tribal element was stronger. This was the era of teams like GEMA, Luo Union, Maragoli, Abaluhya, Abeingo etc. People like you know jack squat about Kenya football and its history.

There are myriad reasons why football standards in Kenya are low but tribal clubs are not one of them. Today members of every ethnic group play for these clubs and support these clubs. You need to put on your thinking hat and come up with good logic. Start by telling us why so called tribal clubs have messed up football rather than just making assertions that have no basis .