Kisumu AllStars CEO Nicholas Ochieng says the team’s financial struggles have been largely due to Kisumu County’s financial challenges and hopes that a solution for the problem will be found soon.The County government-backed team has been struggling to meet its own financial obligations like paying salaries and allowances to the players and last weekend things got out of hand as the team nearly failed to travel to Kirinyaga for their game against Fortune Sacco. Last-ditch intervention saw them travel late and in the end ended up losing the game 3-0.Ochieng has now explained the genesis of the problem and hopes that things will be fixed soon. He says that there has been a cash flow issue from the national government to the county government and this has directly impacted the team negatively.##EDITORS_CHOICE##“As you know, we depend on the county government for our facilitation. Right now they are having challenges with the national government and that is why they are not in a position to meet their financial obligations,” he said.1.55 Roma 4.30 Sampdoria 6.75He further disclosed that they have written to the county government in detail on what the team requires and that they have received some positive feedback. “We have written to them in detail explaining what the team needs because without money it is difficult to run a team. You cannot travel, provide the players with meals and facilitation and so it is tough. The county government has promised to look at it and we hope that things will be better before our next game, “he added.
