HARAMBEE STARS SMILING TO THE BANK

Good news yet again for the Harambee Stars, this time in the form of a year-long sponsorship worth 250 million shillings for the next financial year. 

This is all thanks again to the East African Breweries Limited  (EABL), the sponsors who announced the money will be released at the beginning of the next financial year; July 1, 2014.

This came after EABL added 40,000 USD sponsorship to the 120,000 USD offered by the President Uhuru Kenyatta, for their trip to Brazil.

This is really a good gesture by EABL as they have continuously shown their support towards Kenyan football.

In trying to ensure that the funds are well used to the interest of the Stars, EABL are giving the Harambee Stars Management Board (HSMB) the task of handling this fund and not Football Kenya Federation (FKF). The HSMB will be a representative of FKF.

This fund is a great improvement from the previous sponsorship of 110 million Kenya Shillings in 2012 that was to see the stars through three years.

EABL are also planning to follow through by launching a campaign to rally Kenyans around football activities.

This move by EABL should be an encouragement to other corporations to support football in the country and by extension the Stars who are the beneficiaries.