Harambee Stars winger Ayub Timbe hopes that the current football stalemate in the country will be resolved soon while disclosing that Kenyan players are getting disrespected abroad due to the FIFA suspension that the country is currently under.Kenya was suspended by FIFA in February due to government inference after the sports ministry disbanded the federation and installed a caretaker committee to run football affairs in the country from November 2021.##NAJAVA_MECA_6469034##During that period Kenya missed out on AFCON qualifiers, AWCON qualifiers, World Cup U17 qualifiers, Cecafa Women Championship, and CHAN qualifiers where the country was not included in the qualifiers by CAF.Timbe, who has not featured for the country since June 2019 has opened up to the mockery they face abroad due to the ban. The Buriram United man says they get taunted with the country now barred from the international scene by FIFA.“We are disrespected abroad right now. Almost everyone tells you that there is no football in Kenya. They tell you that you guys have been banned, which football are you talking about. International matches are on, which teams are you guys playing now? They mock you. In fact, even if you are good, they do not expect you to be from Kenya. Most of the people think you are from Ghana, or Nigeria, “he told the People.Ayub Timbe made his Buriram United debut today and he unleashed the beast in him pic.twitter.com/xgy18pZsu8— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) January 16, 2022 Apart from football, the winger believes there is a lot that needs to be done for the sports sector in general to thrive.“There is a lot that need to be done for Kenya’s sports men and women to thrive globally. You can feel like an amateur as player but we should never be amateurs as a country that what make us not to go far. We also have talented boxers, tennis players, swimmers, basketball players and so on. They need an environment where their efforts are supported enough for them to do well and to be esteemed. For now when you tell people that you are from Kenya they only know about marathoners until you mention names like Victor Wanyama.”
