Mombasa's Serani Secondary School players celebrate after winning the boys' football final against Kinondo High School of Kwale County during Coast Region Secondary School Term Two Games at Shimo Annex grounds, Mombasa on September 03, 2022.
The games were a haven of talent and from a bird’s eye view, sports stakeholders in the coastal region needed to have been at the forefront in talent identification, yet none was there to witness the future stars
It is saddening to see that aside from Bandari FC and its mother sponsor, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), no other entity has been keen to develop talent in the region
The efforts put in by KPA and Bandari FC should inspire the leaders and sports stakeholders that this is the perfect time to invest in the sport
For many years, the coastal region has been one of the key hubs of football talent growth. This has, however, changed drastically.
The region was endowed with big names that rocked the 80s, 90s and early 2000s, that were key in the national team’s success.
