Why EPL and not KPL?

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Any football lover in Kenya would tell you that the English (EPL) is more famous in Kenya than Kenya premier league (KPL). In fact if they were to choose EPL and KPL they will definitely choose EPL without second thoughts.

Football in Kenya has had its own share of challenges from bad management to lack of enough funds plus many more other problems. One would tell that football in Kenya is more or less dead.

Though people have really tried to promote and support our own football some clubs in Kenya do not have fans and if they have they can barely fill half of the stadium. It’s a paradox because if there is any time that club and bar owners make more money then it must be the time when there is a an English premier match. People come in large numbers in large numbers and fill the whole place forcing the club and bar owners to send some of them away.

Why is it difficult to rally the same kind of support to our players? Football lovers say it’s because the kind of football played here in Kenya cannot march the kind of football that is played in the EPL.

What then does EPL do so well that Kenya doesn’t do? Many international players are nurtured when they are still young. In that stage they are given good coaches who then impact good skills in the players. As they grow up they perfect their game more and more and they become the best. In Kenya there is a problem when it comes to nurturing the young spirited blood, normally we concentrate on the players who have already made it in football and forget those who are still fresh and have the potential.

EPL also provides good and quality facilities for their players. In Kenya clubs are still struggling when it comes to facilities some of the clubs do not have training grounds and are forced to train in places where the conditions are pathetic.

EPL pays the players so well this keeps them motivated and they struggle to maintain and upgrade their game. In Kenya the situation is so different because the one major challenge the clubs are facing is lack of funds. The players in KPL are paid so little that they cannot even afford a decent life with what they get. This is a demoralizing factor because football needs ones time and effort. Sometimes players are forced to join other businesses to substitute the little they get.

Though KPL is facing a lot of criticisms it has the capacity to produce players who can fit into world teams. It’s only a matter of looking for more funds through sponsorship that will help them train good players and uplift the status of KPL.

By paskalia

HOPE STILL HIGH FOR HANDBALL TEAM

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With less than two years of existence the multimedia hand ball team team has played several games won some and lost others. The team has previously been subjected to stiff competition in the year 2011 during the KUSA (Kenya University Sports Association) games.

They played well but were defeated in the quarters keeping in mind that they were still very young at the game playing against other universities which have had years of experience.

The team has had its challenges as their captain Mr. Hazel Onono an engineering student says majority of their team members go on long holiday from January to April which paralyzes the team as the remaining students can not make half the team required. This breaks have been a great challenge when it comes to the leagues they play especially KUSA games where they sometime get them halfway or start early and fail to finish them.

Mr. martin Alunde who is now their coach says all hope is not lost as the team is now preparing for the upcoming KUSA games. In preparation the team has requested several team for friendly matches and this weekend on Saturday they are going to play against Mamba a team from Kaloleni at kaloleni shopping center. the team also hopes to get more teams who they can compete against as part of their training. by Paskalia

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