2016 Kenyan Premier League (KPL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Kenneth Muguna has opined that paying players on time would spark the much needed renaissance in Kenyan football. The few ardent local football fans can attest that Kenyan football is on its death bed with a number of clubs enduring financial meltdown and the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) disbanded leaving the sport in disarray.Whaat a build UP!? Pasi 2️⃣1️⃣ hadi golini kwa wapinzani… 🔥🔥🔥’PIRA IRIZAR’ likitiririshwa kwa pasi safi kwenye dimba bora na la kisasa kabisa la Azam Complex!!! #WeAreAzamFC #TimuBoraBidhaaBora pic.twitter.com/tef6FousGj— Azam FC (@azamfc) February 1, 2022 In an interview posted on Jeff Kinyanjui’s YouTube Channel, the midfield maestro noted that the first step of bringing life to local football is ensuring that the players are well taken of as this would in turn improve the competitiveness.“The players must be paid so that the competitiveness of the game can return and also the flair of the game, before you could sit down and watch KPL, clubs like Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards brought competition to the league. So I think first they (clubs) need to pay players then the rest of the things will just fall into place,” said the former Western Stima midfielder.Muguna made the switch from Gor Mahia to Tanzanian giants Azam FC in the off season transfer window last year after the club went a number a number of months without settling the dues of players which ultimately led to a mass exodus. Talented in football and music – this is the story of Enock WanyamaThe 26-year-old was coy on comparing the Kenyan and Tanzanian league bit noted that the latter has standards that come close to those in Europe having already have. A taste of football in that continent with Albanian side KF Tirana.NBC is back💙 pic.twitter.com/YOToOIZASA— Kenneth Muguna Mugambi (@KennethMuguna10) February 3, 2022 “I don’t like comparing, not everything is perfect here but at least they try getting to the next level, if you look at the facilities the club has, every team has their own pitches and there is professionalism in terms of payment and you have the same feeling as European players.The small steps they have taken has made their football grow, right now they are one of the best leagues in Africa and I hope they will improve same to back at home,” added Muguna.
