State moves to cushion footballers from Covid-19 effects
Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa with Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed when the Cabinet Secretary visited the Harambee Stars’ Africa Cup of Nations camp outside Paris on June 8, 2019.
What you need to know:
- Kenyan football is at a standstill, in the wake of an order by Sports CS Amina Amina Mohamed for the closure of all sports facilities in a bid to curb the spread of the Covid-19.
The government is considering cushioning local footballers who currently are struggling to make ends meet as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Kenyan football is at a standstill, in the wake of an order by Sports CS Amina Amina Mohamed for the closure of all sports facilities in a bid to curb the spread of the Covid-19.
Consequently, all football matches in the country have been indefinitely stopped, leading to a loss of revenue to players, coaches, referees and other stakeholders.
Since, there has been a continuous call for the government to help footballers survive.
"FKF has held talks with the government severally to discuss how to support the government," said a statement from Football Kenya Federation late Tuesday.
"The Ministry of Sports has urgently requested us to furnish them with the names of 25 players and five officials of the clubs participating in the National Leagues, i.e the Kenyan Premier League, Women Premier League, National Super League, and FKF Division one leagues for both men and women," the statement further said.
The development comes on the day Harambee Stars strikers Michael Olunga and Allan Wanga appealed to the government to bail out athletes in the same way it did to artistes.
