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Kenya: Broke Bungoma Women’s Team Stares At Likely Disbandment

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Bungoma County women’s volleyball team face a bleak future without the assurance of funding from the local government.

The Kenya Volleyball Federation National League side failed to assemble a team at the beginning of the season because of lack of finances thus missing the league’s first leg that was held at Ruring’u Stadium in Nyeri in February.

Bungoma team manager Vitalis Kong’ani said they handed in a Sh6 million budget to the county government last year but they have never received feedback.

“Times have really been hard and the future of the team is bleak. It’s unfortunate that we might be staring at disbandment of the team that once played in the KVF play-offs and had been strengthening the playing department with an eye on challenging for glory,” said Kong’ani.

“For sure we haven’t been receiving support from the current leadership under Governor Wycliffe Wangamati as was the case with the previous leadership of Kenneth Lusaka and that has left many promising players feeling hopeless. Last season we failed to honour a couple of league matches due to financial constraints.”

Reached for comment, the county Sports Chief officer Carol Masete said: “It’s our mandate to fund all the disciplines in the County including hockey, football, athletics and volleyball. But currently we don’t have money and we can’t offer them our support.”

The team, formed in 2015, made its debut in the post season play-offs in 2018 losing to KCB, Kenya Pipeline and eventual winners Kenya Prisons.