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FKF Receives Online Backlash Following 5-0 Defeat To Mali

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FKF Receives Online Backlash Following 5-0 Defeat To Mali

It’s an all too familiar tale in Kenyan football – a huge backlash greeting a dismal performance from the national team – but on Friday, the harsh reaction to a 5-0 defeat to Mali in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier carried a tone of hopelessness.

On Thursday night, Kenya’s dream of qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup suffered a heavy blow when Ibrahima Kone’s first-half hat-trick inspired Group E leaders Mali to a crushing victory.

An early goal from Adama Traore and Moussa Doumbia’s 85th minute strike settled a lopsided contest played in the neutral venue of Morocco due to political upheaval in Mali.

The result leaves Kenya third in the group with two points and an unfavorable goal difference, with Uganda (five points), who beat Rwanda 1-0, leapfrogging them to second behind Mali (seven points).

On Sunday, Kenya welcome Mali to Nairobi with the home side needing to win all their remaining fixtures to have a sniff of clinching the only ticket available from Group E to make the third and final round of CAF qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The opening 0-0 and 1-1 draws to Uganda and Rwanda prompted stinging criticism in Kenya, with Football Kenya Federation (FKF) changing head coaches after the second game to bring in Turkey’s Engin Firat on a two-month contract.

“Nick Mwendwa appointed Engin Firat to coach Harambee Stars on a two-month contract. Firat was previously coach of Moldova, where he won 0 matches. Moldova is 75 places below Kenya in FIFA rankings. We need to start asking whether Nick is just laundering money with FKF,” television journalist Ferdinand Omondi wrote on Twitter.

Jacob Mulee (2020-21), Francis Kimanzi (2019-20), Sebastien Migne (2018-19), Stanley Okumbi (2016-17, 2018) and Paul Put (2017-18) have come before Firat since Mwendwa took over running the FKF in 2016.

The FKF boss was Kenya’s fourth biggest trending topic on Twitter on Friday morning, with most of the posts making uncomfortable reading for the administrator who promised to take Kenya to the 2022 World Cup finals upon being elected for his first term.

“Instead, the illegal entity is still allowed to handle our national teams and our monies from the consolidated fund without the requisite legal requirements in place,” local football analyst Francis Ngira remarked in a long Facebook post.

As news of the 5-0 defeat filtered, morning radio talk show discussions were dominated by discussion on what the country’s football needs, with most callers asking for the heads of Firat and the federation boss.

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Dennis Ombachi Wows Fans With Video Of Son’s Swimming Skills

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Dennis Ombachi Wows Fans With Video Of Son's Swimming Skills

Dennis Ombachi, popular rugby player and chef  has set tongues wagging after sharing a snippet of his toddler son showcasing that he can float on water and swim to safety.

Ombachi took to his Instagram page to share a video throwing the little boy into the water, leaving many in shock.

In the short video, the rugby player lifted his son up, kissed him, then  he tossed him into a swimming pool by the leg.

“Four weeks since we started water safety classes and my son graduated today, officially water safe!” Ombachi gushed on Twitter about his son’s abilities.

Once in the water, the baby boy quickly gets himself to a floating position and kicks his feet moving forward steadily. It appears that he can get himself out of a pool and even keep his head up to breathe after having been taught the life skill early on.

 Following the child’s accomplishment, Ombachi said that he is a “proud father”

“Proud of you my naughty boy, you’re finally Water Safe, less worries for us when you are out of our sight having successfully completed your water safety class. Happy graduation day,” he wrote on Instagram.

Since his early Monday morning post, the self-taught chef has been trending on Twitter, with over 5000 tweets being made about him, with netizens sharing mixed reactions.

 

 

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Juniors Intensify Training Ahead Of World Under-20 Championships

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Athletics Kenya (AK) is impressed with the progress made by inferior athletes at the ongoing vacation camp.

The camps are aimed at preparing athletes for the World Under-20 tournament in Cali, Colombia.

AK President Jack Tuwei who was speaking in Kapsumbeiywo All4Running youth camp which is headed by former world

800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei, said he was impressed by the turnout of the youth in colorful camps.

“We have 26 camps across the country and we are happy because they are training well thanks to the government who have helped in funding them. As a federation we shall do our part and make sure we get some of the best from these camps,” Tuwei said.

Kenya will be seeking to retain the title for the younger team for the third time in a row in the tournament set for August after winning in Tampere, Finland in 2018 and again last time in Nairobi.

AK youth head trainer Robert Ngiserei said the early medication will enable the country to present a strong platoon across the all events.

“At the Youth Sub Committee, we have embraced this program as it will help us improve more on the development of talent which will ensure our country remains as an athletics powerhouse,” Ngiserei said.

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