President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday, March 7, hosted KPL team AFC Leopards at State House Kenya for an exclusive event that saw him gift them with a bus.
A report released by the President's Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU) on Monday, March 9 indicates that the President hosted the team to hand over a bus that had been donated to them by Nelson Sechere, an international fundraising expert.
During the meeting, the President told the team that the Government is looking into the possibility of establishing stadiums for local teams to enable them to raise funds for themselves, in addition to utilizing the facilities as training venues.
“You have talked about a stadia, we will sit and talk. I agree it is good just like other teams across the world have home stadia, I think it is about time we started having home stadia for our own teams as well,” President Kenyatta told the AFC Leopards team.
The President, during the event, commended the AFC Leopards technical bench for properly managing the team and urged them to continue working hard to raise the standards of Kenyan football.
"Managing a team that is of national importance is not an easy job. When they lose you get the blame but when they win they take the credit. And all the community will be waiting to see, when they lose they will say the team was okay but the technical bench is the problem,”
The President was full of praise for the team and the role it has played in nurturing the country's youth by serving as role models to those interested in the sport.
“We thank you and we are happy for what you are doing not only for yourselves but for the inspiration and hope you are giving to your fellow youth.
"The most important thing is being a role model. And you as a youth are a role model and we appreciate and support that,” President Kenyatta stated.
The team was accompanied to the meeting in State House by the Patron, who is also the Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi.
Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed and her Devolution counterpart Eugene Wamalwa thanked the President for his continued support to Kenyan sportsmen saying his direct involvement is an encouragement to all Kenyans.
Also present during the event at State House Nairobi were the Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua and other officials belonging the AFC Leopards.
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