Kenya: Nyamweya Backed

1 November 2011

New Football Kenya boss Sam Nyamweya and the new committee mandated to run Kenyan football have received suport from Prime Minister Raila Odinga. In a statement yestedrday ther Premier said: "For some time now, soccer standards in our country have progressively dwindled and today, the game has virtually collapsed.

Today, the failure by our national team Harambee Stars to qualify for international assignments is accepted as a matter of fate. We begin each continental and international soccer season with hope against hope that we will qualify. We accept every failure with only short lived anger followed by a quick acceptance that our team was not good enough. "The fall of this multi-billion shilling game that has the potential to provide livelihood to thousands of our talented youth and provide worthy entertainment to millions of our citizens, has left a trail of despair and anger across the country.

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