Cash-strapped National Super League side, Shabana FC are pleading with President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga to honour the pledges they made to the club during the 2020 Mashujaa Day held at the Gusii Stadium.During the celebrations, the head of state donated a brand-new bus to the club and pledged to back the club with Ksh. 5 million. Mr. Odinga who had accompanied the head of state to the celebrations was to give the club Ksh. 1 million.##NAJAVA_MECA_6483847##Almost two years late, the two leaders are yet to honour their pledges and the cash strapped club is now pleading with president Kenyatta who will leave office in a month’s time and Mr. Odinga who is keen on succeeding him to deliver the cash to the club.“I am aware that you are facing financial constraints and, in that regard,, I will give you Sh5m while former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will add Sh1million,” the head of state said during the Mashujaa Day Celebrations.The club says they have been trying to get the two leaders to honour their pledges to no success and are calling on them to help the promotion pushing Glamour Boys.“We have been begging and we will continue knocking the doors of our beloved President and the former Prime Minister to honour their pledges made to the team during the Mashujaa Day celebrations,” said the club’s secretary general Elizaphan Kerama told the Nation.President UHuru Kenyatta donates 62-seater bus to Shabana FC after downing AFC Leopards #AsanteUhuruNaOngwae pic.twitter.com/EiLt6df5M9— Bosire (@BosireSenior) October 23, 2020 Kerema further thanked the president for the bus donated to the team and expressed confidence that with support they will earn promotion to the top tier this season.“We are happy that the President gave us a bus. I could also remind him about the money he promised us. I believe with this immense support; this is the last season we are playing the second-tier games,” he added.
