Huh!

It was the same old crap this week. I dont even want to talk(write) about it!
Why? Would you want to write about Olaba coming home with badfuls of excuses but no results and a premier league in shambles, with teams like Sony scheduled to play to matches at the same time, in competing leagues?

Somebody save us.

But we have some good news (eat that! Sambu & co.), the first Kenyan to play for a top US team in the MLS. Read about it!

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Let's not talk about the sad news of the 3-1 loss to Angola.

Instead, lets focus on the positives, KFF's mandate ended. Lets hope that KFF's dirty hand will be permanately out of the Harambee Stars. Today, the Stars' management board takes over. Cool.

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Last weekend, the Harambee Stars drew 0-0 with the Taifa stars of Tanzania.

Normally,I would look at this news as yet another blow to Kenyan football. Kenya was and should still be the absolute soccer kings of our part of the world!

But it was Olaba's first game in charge, following the Lama fiasco. I like Olaba's confidence, although I'm not too sure that he can deliver-we drew with TZ! This weekend, we play Angola in Angola. I don't expect too much from that match-I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a respectable draw.

What I am really forward to is what comes after Angola. The Harambee Stars management board takes over. Exciting!
Say it with me: "The Storm is Over."

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In other totally unrelated news, we have some updates on tricool, superblogs and explorers.

Kamanda to the rescue!

Yesterday, sports Minister Maina Kamanda made my day!

He created a body of corporate-types to manage the Harambee Stars, including the cash. Basically, this was because KFF has failed us and so they should move over and watch the 'Proper Management of Harambee stars' show.

This is great news, because I believe the people appointed to the management body are high-achievers and people of integrity who will deliver. The body is headed by Nation Media Group's Kiboro and includes other corporate hot shots like Ester Pasaris...read about it here
Kamanda also issued an ultimatum to KFF and KPL, threatening to dissovle KFF. Cool!

Today, there's going to be a happy ending to this story, unlike this one.

Question: Is a blog part of the media?
Regardless of the answer, I'm all for the media blackout (see the 'happy ending' link).

The Silver Lining

Every cloud has a silver lining, so 'they' say.

Does this apply to the dark nimbus cloud that is Kenya soccer/Kenya football? And while we're asking questions, who are 'they', anyway?

Yes. Even though Sambu and Co. are seemingly doing their utmost to ruin our game, we still love it and we still play it. We even sometimes play so well that we write home about it. Cool, isn't it?

The Kenya Under 20 team did just that, admist all the hulla balloo that arose from Dan Omino and his cronies' highly questionable management of the game in recent times. The Kenyan lads beat Sudan 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of the East and Central Africa Youth Championships in Burundi. They might go on to lift the trophy. Thay beat all odds! Including those thrown at them by KFF! (They had to travel to the tournament by bus-a 36 hour road trip!, etc.)

Or take the example of the Safaricom Super 8 tournament, whose organisers have clearly read 'How to Popularize Sport'. This tournament has been a massive success, pulling in crowds that we all though impossible at our stadiums, except for national-team games.

Bottom line: KFF you can't ruin our football completely. No matter how hard you try. You'll go thew same way you came. Sooner or later.