Mara Sugar technical director Boniface Ambani has disclosed the club’s plans to construct a mini stadium in Enoosaen to ease the team’s travelling burden.The Millers were promoted to the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) at the start of the 2024/2025 season and have been using Awendo Green Stadium in Migori County to host their home matches.The former AFC Leopards striker says covering long distances for both home and away matches is considered a major factor that might ruin Mara’s good start in the league.##NAJAVA_MECA_8477389##The club hosts home league matches at Awendo, which is more than 30 kilometers from their training base at EnoosaenThe Ole Ntimama Stadium in Narok offers the club an option but distance between the two towns leaves Awendo as the viable alternative.”We are better off hosting league matches in Awendo, as Ole Ntimama Stadium is more than 200 kilometers from us. Awendo is approximately 30 kilometers from our base, which makes it an ideal host for our matches,” he said.”Much as we are used to travelling, we have to build our facility to connect with our fans and enjoy good home advantage in matches. We will collaborate with the community to see where best we will have our permanent home,” he told Sportsboom.comCost of sacking Harambee Stars head coach Engin Firat revealedWith the sugar industry suffering a major economic hit, Ambani said the club, which enjoys support from the Trans Mara Sugar Company Limited, was casting its net wider to secure additional funding.Recently, it emerged that the Nzoia Sugar Company had cut financial ties with Nzoia Sugar Football Club due to the diminishing profits from the business.In the past years, Sony Sugar and Chemilil Sugar have had to disband their teams due to a lack of funds.”We are aware of the importance of having various sources of income and partners. We will do our best to increase our pool of finances, as it is expensive to run a team,” he said.Meanwhile, Ambani has set his eyes on writing history with Mara Sugar as their main contender for the title, unlike the majority of the teams that gain promotion to the top tier, which primarily strive to maintain their status at the highest level.##NAJAVA_MECA_8477896##The club has had an incredible start to life at the highest level, winning four out of the seven league matches played so far. This run has placed them second behind KCB on the log.Additionally, Mara has tasted defeat once and drawn twice and has the third meanest defence after Bandari and Kenya Police, as the club has conceded a paltry three goals.The former Kenyan international argues that the players stationed at the club possess a winning culture and mentality, which he termed key ingredients for the hunt for a title.Ambani, who has been vocal on Kenyan football, said he had instilled confidence in the playing unit with their response on the pitch, giving him hopes that a title parade will be held in the streets of Narok.”It is very possible to win a title in our maiden season in the top tier. We have instilled a winning culture and mentality in the team, and the results are there for all to see. The players understand that we are at the top level to compete rather than to participate,” he said.Parliament reveal stance on Nick Mwendwa’s eligibility ahead of FKF ElectionsSofapaka remains the sole club to disrupt the existing order by winning the league title in its first season in the Premier League in recent memory.Ambani believes that Mara has the mettle to replicate what Sofapaka did in 2009, given the balance and belief in the team.”We retained at least 85% of the players who won the NSL last season. These are players who know what winning a title means and the fight one has to exert to achieve it. We are a balanced team as we brought in a few players who have raised the levels for us,” he added.##NAJAVA_MECA_8481343##
