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Gor Mahia’s experienced goalkeeper Boniface Oluoch has agreed to a new three year deal that will keep him at the club till 2021. Oluoch was among players including Burundi captain Karim Nizigiyimana and Ugandan Innocent Wafula whose contracts were soon running out. “His contract was running down in January but he (Oluoch) has agreed to extend the same until the start of 2021. We want to wish him all the best at the club,” Lordvick Aduda, Gor’s CEO confirmed to Goal. Aduda further disclosed that the club is currently engaging Wafula and Karim in a bid to keep them within…

Harambee Starlets forward Esse Akida has side Israeli side Ramat HaSharon FC from Thika Queens in the Kenya’s Women Premier League. The 25-year-old international confirmed the move in a tweet Friday morning, saying “it’s a dream come true for me.” https://twitter.com/akida_14/status/1050622070822862849?s=19 Read: How I Rose From A Househelp To Renowned Businesswoman – Agnes Kagure Esse played for Kenya in the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON), scoring the Starlets’ only goal in the tournament against Ghana. He also scored in the 2018 qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea but the failed to qualify for the tournament set for Ghana later this year.…

The government of Sierra Leone has “reiterated” that the legal process of the Anti-corruption Commission against suspended Sierra Leone FA madam president Isha Johansen and general secretary Chris Camara “can neither be interfered with not obstructed.” It has also affirmed that the suspension of the duo “must be complied with” in line with the anti-graft laws. The government through the Director of Sports, Dr. Kenneth Brima, was responding to Fifa demands to have Isha and Camara reinstated before their ban on the football body can be lifted. Fifa banned the SLFA last Friday due to government interference in its affairs…

Kenya’s Harambee Stars skipper Victor Wanyama was wowed by “unbelievable” crowd of Ethiopian fans who showed up to cheer their team at Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar Wednesday. An estimated 100,000 excited fans squeezed into the 60,000 sitter capacity stadium in the capital city of Amhara region to watch the 2019 Afcon Group F qualifiers which ended in a barren draw. The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, who was a star attraction since arriving in the country Monday, said he had never seen such a sea of humanity even in Europe. “I had never seen such a crowd – even in Europe…

The government has announced free entry to the Kasarani Stadium for the Afcon 2019 Group F qualifier return match against Ethiopia Sunday. The move is meant to rally maximum fans support behind the team ahead of the crucial tie. “Our national team Harambee Stars has continued to perform well in the AFCON matches where Kenya has beaten Ghana and drawn with Ethiopia. In this respect, the government has stepped up support for the team to ensure that Kenya qualifies for the AFCON 2019 championship to be held in Cameroon. Subsequently, I wish to announce that entry to the Kasarani Stadium…

Billionaire Tanzanian business mogul Mohammed Dewji who was kidnapped early morning Thursday is yet to be rescued from his captors. Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda has refuted claims that the billionaire has been found. Earlier reports indicated that all suspects, had been arrested. Dewji popularly known as MO, is one of the richest persons in Africa. At 43-years of age, he is valuable at $1.5billion, placing him 17th in the roll of richest persons in Africa. https://twitter.com/Fumbuka/status/1050284376012013569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1050284376012013569&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitizentv.co.ke%2Fnews%2Fkidnapped-tanzanian-billionaire-mohammed-dewji-found-214748%2F Dewji, a philanthropist bankrolls Tanzania Premier League champions Simba SC and has made the club one of the most competitive in the country. Do…

Tanzanian billionaire businessman and sponsor of Tanzania Premier League champions Simba has been reported missing since Thursday morning. According to Mtanzania Digital, the 43-year-old former politician was kidnapped by unknown armed men early morning around 5.00 am. Konondoni province police commander Jumanne Muliro has confirmed receiving the news. “We have received the news of Simba sponsor Mo Dewji missing and we are acting on them. For now we treat them as just reports,” Muliro told Mtanzania Digital. As per February this year, Dewji popularly known as MO, had a net worth of $1.8billion, making him the 17th richest and youngest…

Sebastien Migne would wish to see a full Kasarani Stadium when Kenya hosts the Afcon 2019 qualifiers Group F return match against Ethiopia Sunday. A win for Stars will see them book a ticket to the 2019 showpiece slated for Cameroon mid next year. The French gaffer was speaking after holding the Ethiopians to a barren draw before a full packed Bahir Dar Stadium Wednesday. “If I have one wish, I hope to have a full stadium next Sunday because its amazing to play in this atmosphere. It was amazing to play in this stadium and it will be important…

Immediate former Thika United skipper Dennis Lewa was among the 55 passengers who perished in the Fort Ternan road accident Wednesday. Dennis was heading to Kakamega to complete a move to Kenyan Premier League side Kakamega Homeboyz. Thika United were relegated to the National Super League after finishing second-last in the 2018 KPL season. The ill fated Homeboyz bus that Dennis and the rest of the passengers boarded belongs to Kakamega Homeboyz owner Cleophas Shimanyula aka Toto. Toto has since been arrested and detained by the police over the accident. The bus was reportedly overloaded and speeding. Do you have…

Kenya’s Harambee Stars held Walia Ibex of Ethiopia to a barren draw in the Afcon 2019 Group F qualifier played at Bahir Dar Stadium, Ethiopia Wednesday. The point gained takes Stars’s tally to four atop of the group ahead of the return match Sunday at the Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi. The game of two halves saw the visitors create better scoring chances in the opening half with Michael Olunga and Ovella Ochieng’ hitting the target. But the second stanza belonged to the hosts who terrorized the Stars’ defense to no avail as Musa Mohammed and Brian Mandela stood tall to deny…

AFC Leopards have sent packing the entire technical bench after a dismal season, goalkeepers’ trainer Mathews Ottamax has confirmed to Kahawa Tungu.  “It is true the entire technical bench has been dismissed,” the ex-Gor Mahia goalkeepers’ coach said. Tom Juma and Gilbert Selebwa were the acting head coach and assistant respectively after Argentine manager Rodolfo Zapata was sacked with two rounds to the end of the 2018 Kenyan Premier League season. The move follows a dismal 2018 season in which the team finished trophy-less. Read: Broke FKF Plans To Buy Suits For Delegates For Upcoming AGM Ottamax, who recently blamed player…

Coach Sebastien Migne has named Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Victor Wanyama in Harambee Stars starting XI versus Ethiopia’s Waliyas Ibex this evening. The Afcon 2019 qualifying match kicks-off at Bahir Dar Stadium, Ethiopia at 4.00pm EAT and will be LIVE on Supersport 9. Wanyama missed Stars’ last qualifier against Ghana at the Kasarani Stadium last month as he was recovering from a long term knee injury. Kenya won the match 1-0 to revive their chances of qualifying for the Afcon in Cameroon mid next year. Tusker’s goalie Patrick Matasi retains the number one jersey and will be guarded by a four-man…

Financially crippled Football Kenya Federation (FKF) is planning to purchase suits for delegates attending their upcoming Annual General Meeting. The federation has written to clubs to send name and suit-size of their representatives to the AGM scheduled for 27 October 2018 to facilitate the process. “Regarding the upcoming AGM scheduled for Saturday, October 27, 2018, we hereby request that you send the name and suit size of the delegate representing your club to the aforementioned meeting. Your prompt response is highly appreciated,” the email to clubs reads. Broke FKF has been pleading with the government to finance the national team,…

A maximum of four points stands between Kenya’s Harambee Stars and a historic return to the Afcon for the first time in 14 years. Kenya last graced the biggest stage of African football during the 2004 edition in Tunisia but now stands a golden chance to qualify for the 2019 showpiece in Cameroon. Stars take on Ethiopia in the 2019 qualifiers in a double header fixture starting Wednesday in Bahir Dar with the return leg four days later in Nairobi. Four points from the double-clash will see Kenya through from Group F after FIFA banned Sierra Lione, the other member…

Fifa ban on Sierra Leone Football Association to stay as efforts to have it lifted was rejected Tuesday due to failure to comply with demands. The world’s football body has stressed that without president Isha Johansen and secretary general Chris Camara regaining full leadership of the FA, the ban stands. The duo were prevailed upon to stand down by the country’s anti-corruption body after graft charges were brought against them. This plus a raid on the SLFA premises in Freetown prompted FIFA to impose the ban following several warnings against the perceived third party interference. In an effort to get…