Kenya’ biggest off-season football tournament Kothbiro is appealing for financial help ahead of its resumption on Thursday following a one week enforced break.The tournament had entered the round of 16 before it took a break after facing financial challenges that made it difficult to proceed.With the challenge, the organizing committee is now appealing for sponsorships to help put the tourney back to its feet.#kothbiro #tukutanegrao #betmoto pic.twitter.com/1i03sKfSxT— Kothbiro Football Tournament (@KOTHBIRO2) December 30, 2020 “We are expecting the games to resume from next week hopefully on Thursday. We are however appealing for sponsorship to help us run the tournament. The tournament kicked off without any form of sponsorships and we have been using our money to run the tournament,” Paul Polosa, Kothbiro Chairman said.”So far things have been fine there have not been any major incidences, only one issue that we felt we addressed adequately,” Polosa stated.##NAJAVA_MECA_6917045##The Annual Koth-Biro football tournament was first held in 1978 to nurture new footballing talent and pool them against established footballers and to be used as an advocacy tool to bring the youths together to address social and economic issues.Throughout the years the tournament has metamorphosed to be the bedrock of Kenyan football as it brought together hundreds of teams, thousands of footballers and tens of thousands of fans from different corners of Nairobi and its environs together.FKFPL: City test for Ingwe as high riding Tusker face Vihiga BulletsThis year’s edition registered a record 50 teams from across Nairobi and Kajiado Counties surpassing the 32 teams required to participate in the league.”On behalf of the Kothbiro Management, I would like to thank the 59 teams that graced this year’s tournament despite the harsh economic times. We assure you that the tournament is on schedule and we hope to have the winner before the end of the month.” Polosa added.Minute of silence in honour of Pele, Mark Odhiambo in mid-week matchesThe tournament, since inception has been played at the football historic Ziwani Sports grounds in Ziwani. It is usually played in when all leagues in the country are on off-season thus enables the Country’s top stars including internationals to participate in the football fete.
