New Kenya Police head coach Francis Baraza says the Football Kenya Federation Premier League will only regain its past glory and soar to new heights should its management attract more than two sponsors.Baraza who joined Police early this week after leaving the Tanzanian Premier League side Kagera Sugar a move that will see him make a return to Kenyan football after spending the last three years in the neighboring country.##NAJAVA_MECA_6877802##Police went for the services of the former Chemelil Sugar boss after parting ways with Samuel ‘Pamzo’ Omollo who had been in charge of the team since March this year.Baraza who termed the Tanzanian league as one of the best in the continent given the financial partners the board has managed to bring on board and the broadcast partner, said the Kenyan league had the potential to grow if only the management packages it well and sells it to multiple corporates.Cape Town 7s: School boy errors cost Shujaa against ArgentinaThe former Biashara United head coach regretted that the standards of the Kenyan league had plummeted due to leadership wrangles and unnecessary interference that has kept potential partners away from the game.”Few years ago, our league was doing well in the region and beyond. Players from all over were dying to play for Kenyan clubs. We have ourselves to blame for the drop in standards as we allowed off the pitch issues to take the centre stage. If we can attract more than two sponsors, then I believe we will be able to regain our past glory and even do better that we were doing in the past,” he said.Visa hitch grounds Kenya Hockey teams to EgyptBaraza who joined Biashara United in 2019 also challenged the relevant stakeholders to benchmark with the best leagues in the continent and implement the lessons in the Kenyan league.The former Tusker assistant coach said there was no harm in tapping lessons from our neighboring leagues that he noted benchmarked with the Kenyan Premier League when it was thriving.
