Our two leading football clubs, namely Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards have not witnessed any form of financial stability since the gaming company SportPesa cancelled all sports sponsorship in the country in August 2019. In the last deal signed in 2018, the firm financially supported the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to the tune of Sh69 million, the Kenya Premier League (KPL) Sh259 million; Gor Mahia Sh198 million; and AFC Leopards Sh159 million. The same plight is extended to other community football clubs since the gaming firm was the KPL’s title sponsor. In a nutshell, the aforementioned non-institutional football clubs which are the bed-rock of Kenya’s football are on the verge of closing shop all together. If Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards collapse or operate at sub-optimal capacity levels, this will spell doom to Kenyan football.

Source: Daily Nation April 19, 2020 04:30 UTC