Kenya Police Bullets FC Head Coach Beldine Odemba dreams of professionalizing the Kenyan women’s Premier League, which will in turn improve football standards in the country.Beldine is one of the few football coaches who recently graduated with a CAF A coaching license after a six-month-long, intense study. Kenya Police Bullets Coach Odemba among coaches graduated with CAF A badgesThe Harambee Starlets head coach has recently had glory shining in her eyes. Just a week ago, she made history by guiding the Police Bullets to their league title in their maiden season. Professionalising the women’s league will make it easier for even the national women’s team to perform better, according to her.”My goal is to professionalize the league so that we can make it easier for Harambee Starlets to perform even better.This will help us participate and compete in bigger tournaments as a country.”Players will also directly benefit, as Odemba explains.”An improved league will also see an improvement in our players’ wages, which will lead to an increase in their financial standing.Additionally, we will get an opportunity to export more talents.”To improve and professionalise the league, individual teams must also improve in their individual capacities as key pillars of the league. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8136613##It is for this reason that even after winning the league, coach Beldine is looking for and exploring new talents that she can bring on board at Police Bullets before the team competes in the CECAFA club championships.”We will definitely recruit in one or two areas of our squad that we have identified before we head to CECAFA. We will need to have a strong squad to compete there.”Numerous key players, including Lydia Waganda, have sustained injuries at Police FC, but Beldine says her aspirations for her team, not the injuries, are driving her to the transfer market.Many refer to Beldine as a modern coach, so it would be interesting to see how Beldine will use her success at Police FC Bullets and the knowledge of CAF. She is committed to enhancing the performance of her teams and players.
