The highly-anticipated Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Elite Youth League will make its comeback in the country when it kicks off this Sunday at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.Bringing the development to light on Friday, FKF NEC member and Chairman of FKF Youth Committee Chris Amimo said that the return of the competition has been informed by the need to identify talent in the country.The Kenya U15 National Team picked up their third win in the FKF Elite Youth League pic.twitter.com/s1szUdym5g— Football Kenya Federation (@Football_Kenya) May 4, 2019 “The league is part of FKF’s strategy to revive grassroots football countrywide so as to identify talents from an early stage,” Amimo said.”It’s been realized that a lot of young players do not have access to participate in organized leagues until they are adults. It will also form the basis for selection of the Kenya U15 and U17 teams as the league will be rolled throughout the country, he added.##NAJAVA_MECA_7108290##The return of the tournament will mark the competition entering its third edition. The first edition was held in 2017 where Kenya formed the very first U15 national team. The national U15 side went on to lift the 2019 edition.”Many of those players are now playing on the Kenyan Premier League and NSL and some have got contracts to play abroad. Unfortunately this program was adversely affected first by COVID-19 and secondly by the FIFA ban. We intend to rebuild it from where we left,” Amimo said.Our under 13 side started off the FKF Elite youth league with a 1-0 win over Vapor Sports under 13 in a match played at the Ligi Ndogo grounds. Kelvin Wambua scored the all important goal.#WeAreSharks pic.twitter.com/aWlaRrKyCq— Kariobangi Sharks FC (@k_sharksfc) March 18, 2019 Meanwhile, the top tier Football Kenya Federation Premier League league has taken a two week break to pave way for Harambee Stars’ international friendly match against Iran on March 28 and the Mozzart Bet Cup Round of 16 matches in the first weekend of April.
