Former Harambee Stars skippers MacDonald Mariga and Victor Wanyama have been concerned by the waning quality of football in the country and called for better administration in the coming Football Kenya Federation regime.Wanyama recently called time on his international career after being overlooked in a number of call ups but is still putting in an impressive shift for his side Club de Foot Montréal in the Major Soccer League (MLS).Mariga on the other hand broke his silence and took on the previous FKF regime in a bare knuckle outburst calling for the resignation of the then president Nick Mwendwa.I’m appalled by FKF President @Nmwendwa sentiments made on live Tv that Kenya has no talented football players to compete with other nations. This is an insult & disrespect to the current ,former & all upcoming footballers who have continuously suffered playing #NickMwendwaMustGo pic.twitter.com/S4sFPsLQDd— Mariga Macdonald (@MarigaOfficial) October 13, 2021 Speaking during the Rashid Abdalla Super Cup in Kwale county, Wanyama admitted that the quality of football in the country has been affected by poor management. “Football has gone down because it has not been managed well, there has been a number of things like politics and the players were the ones suffering so this is something that should be looked at. When football is managed well we will also have increased employment because football is a career,” said Wanyama. Football in the country is currently under a Caretaker Committee after the previous regime was disbanded on grounds of corruption allegations and fraudulent acquisition of public funds.It has been an honor to represent my Country and I think the time has come for me to pass the mantle to the young ones,I’ll always be a of the National Team and their biggest supporter . pic.twitter.com/7jaQ1qA9Lw— Victor Wanyama (@VictorWanyama) September 27, 2021 Mariga advocated for a corruption-free regime that will execute its mandate without bias as Kenya hopes to emulate the success of West African nations in the sport. “The coming Federation that will be elected should develop talent well in the country because we want to be like West African nations that are succesful in football. They should go to every corner and select players from rural areas and not just focus on Nairobi. We also do not want corruption – we don’t want players who are not selected on merit to be on the national team,” noted Mariga. ##EDITORS_CHOICE##
