Mathare United CEO Jecton Obure has said that the club’s recent financial stability is due to support from well-wishers who have been sending the team money to pay salaries and cater for other financial needs.The past few years have seen Mathare struggle financially with salary and match bonus arrears owed to players and the technical bench being a normal occurrence, which finally became the biggest catalyst that saw them relegated to the National Super League (NSL).##NAJAVA_MECA_8079481##The team has, however, found a new breath of financial life this season, with players’ salaries being up to date and results being seen”We still don’t have a sponsor but we have good friends who’ve stood with the team and have vowed to help us ensure that we’re back in the FKF Premier League.””We don’t owe salaries and match bonuses to our players and that’s a major reason why we’ve been posting good results. Finance is a crucial aspect in a team, especially when promotion is a target and so we had to look for a way for sorting that out.”Kenyan youngster eyeing EPL debut after winning awardSpeaking after their 1-1 draw against Dimba Patriots, Obure rued the two points dropped by his side but also lamented on officiating”We have lost 2 crucial points at home but I think officiating is also crucial. Top-level referees were assigned to this match but they made mistakes. Our opponents were intimidating the referee; everybody was standing on their bench and they even had their CEO sitting on the bench.”Up next for Mathare is a high-octane match against Naivas FC and the CEO has termed it a must-win” It will be a very crucial match that we must win. I know the technical bench will pass the message to the players. Nevertheless, we still have 8 matches to go that we have to prepare for and we’re ready for the challenge.”FKF Division One set for dramatic final dayPhotos of Obure celebrating his side’s last-minute equalizer against bottom-placed Silibwet FC revealed the relief that the point gave him”It was a crucial point. We were losing the game but scored in the last 15 rescheduled minutes. I felt it was a case of one point gained.”
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Obure has called on his players to be clinical and convert the chances they create into goals in their upcoming matches
