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Kenya: Gor Mahia, AFC Leopards Stop Begging and Build Your Brand

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Last weekend marked the start of a new Kenyan Premier League season.

We started off with a game against KCB and while local pundits had written off my beloved K’Ogalo after a woeful performance last season, our 2-1 victory over the bankers has given us a glimpse of what to expect.

Last week, our noisy neighbours AFC Leopards, the self-declared big cats of Kenyan football, held a fund raiser to raise money to aid them pay debts they owe their former players and coach.

Just over Sh8 million was raised with top politicians led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga sending their donations.

With that money, AFC Leopards can now pay their debts and remain with some pocket change to sign a few players.

After the harambee, there was excitement from AFC Leopards fans who expressed a sigh of relief. One newspaper even committed a full page for the story on the Sh8 million windfall for Ingwe.

Personally, I think there is nothing to celebrate even if AFC Leopards had raised Sh1 billion.

To pick from the words of my former colleague, James Wachai, when will these so-called big clubs of Kenyan football be financially stable and stop depending on handouts from politicians.

The story is not any better from Gor Mahia whose chairman Ambrose Rachier said he had mulled on a similar fund raiser but received cold reception from fans.

What is sad is Rachier and AFC Leopards chairman Dan Shikanda can shamelessly and continuously call for fund raisers a when the clubs are in a rut.