The 2009 league champions Sofapaka have formally shifted their home ground from Wundanyi to Nairobi ahead of the start of the 2022-2023 Football Kenya Federation Premier League season.Sofapaka had been using the Taita Taveta based facility for their home matches in the last one and half seasons with their training sessions, interestingly, being held in Nairobi.##NAJAVA_MECA_6696598##According to the club’s president Elly Kalekwa, the team will no longer host their home league matches at Wundanyi in the new season but will instead, look for a convenient facility in Nairobi.He said the decision to shift base was arrived after the consultation with the technical bench and the players who felt that playing home matches miles away from Nairobi was tedious and denying them comfort.”Hosting home matches at Wundanyi felt like honoring away duels. We had to prepare as if we were traveling for an away game. It was costly and the players complained of fatigue. We are searching for a facility within the city before the new season gets underway, “he said.Sofapaka clears dues owed to former playersAsked on why the club shifted camp to Wundanyi, the administrator said it was a desperate move to broaden the fan base.Sofapaka played their home matches at the Narok Stadium in 2017 and in 2019.The former Cup holders used the Machakos Stadium for home matches in 2018.
