Nairobi City Stars

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  • Players receive Covid 19 vaccinations

    Players receive Covid 19 vaccinations

    Nairobi City Stars players and technical bench officials were among those who received Covid 19 vaccinations on Saturday 10 April 2021 at Kasarani Gymnasium.

    The vaccinations, as organized by the Ministry of Sports in conjunction with the Football Kenya Federation (FKF), was an exercise in the right direction as stated by club CEO Patrick Korir who accompanied Simba wa Nairobi players.

    “Above all, safety of our players is paramount and we therefore thank the Ministry (of Sports) and the Federation for organizing the same,”

    “With the exercise now over and done with we hope it will lead to the possibility of reopening up the sport following its recent suspension.” said Korir

    Team Coordinator Samson Otieno gave a status of the exercise;

    “We had a number of players who had reservations over the jabs due to alarmists posts on social media. We are however glad 28 players and eight officials showed up and participated in the exercise,”

    “We had only two players missing out – Nicholas Kipkirui and Rodgers Okumu – who were out of town and could not travel in time for the same,”

    “We will arrange for them to take the jab with the nearest team where they are when the exercise is organized outside Nairobi County.” added Otieno

    Sports, football included, was suspended indefinitely towards late March by the President of the republic of Kenya due to a sharp rise in the Covid 19 infection numbers and deaths.

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    Keeper trainer Zachary Onyango receives his Covid 19 jab at Kasarani on Sat 10 April 2021
    Covid 19, Wesley Onguso
    Left back Wesley Onguso receives his Covid 19 jab at Kasarani on Sat 10 April 2021
    Erick Ombija, Covid 19
    Striker Erick Ombija receives his Covid 19 jab at Kasarani on Sat 10 April 2021
    Kevin Okumu, Covid 19
    Left back Kevin Okumu receives his Covid 19 jab at Kasarani on Sat 10 April 2021
  • Season suspended

    Season suspended

    Football, alongside all other sports in the country, has been suspended by the Government indefinitely.

    This follows the 15th Presidential address on the Covid-19 pandemic that put in check a number of activities across the country to contain the rapid increase in cases and deaths from what has been dubbed the ‘third wave’.

    Following the address, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF), via official communication to clubs and its members, has gone on to confirm all football activities are suspended until further notice.

    The most recent cessation is a reminder of year 2020 when, in mid-March, containment measures were put in place when the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the country.

    It led to the suspension of footballing activities, ultimately leading to the cancellation of all leagues. The game only reluctantly resumed seven months later, in October of that year.

    At a club level, Nairobi City Stars has asked it’s playing unit and technical bench to remain at at home and observe the new measures put in place by the Government.

    “While it’s very unfortunate, we are in full respect of the new directives by the Government and as such training, as well as playing any form of games is now suspended by Nairobi City Stars until such a time the recent containment measures are loosened,” said club CEO Patrick Korir

    Till the suspension, City Stars had played 16 round of games into the current Premier league season and were placed tenth with 20 points.

    The club was to play friendly games against Premiership side Posta Rangers and lower tier side Nation FC at Jamhuri and St. Mary’s School on Saturday 27 March 2021.

    The two games, now called off, were to put the team in the right frame for the final first leg tie against champions Gor Mahia on Sunday 4 April 2021.

  • CEO attends FKF integrity workshop

    CEO attends FKF integrity workshop

    Nairobi City Stars CEO Patrick Korir attended an integrity workshop on Saturday 13 March 2021 called by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) in conjunction with FIFA.

    The workshop highlighted the growing cases of match fixing and match manipulation, reasons for its rise, how its evolving and ways to curb the vice.

    According to FKF integrity officer Mike Kamure, the Federation is in constant communication with both CAF and FIFA on the same, and there are currently matches that have been flagged and are being investigated.

    “This was an eye opener and the seminar can’t have come at a better time. As clubs, we can now keenly look for tit bits that we may have been oblivious to that could actually lead to match manipulation,” said Korir

    “As clubs we now have our work cut out to ensure that integrity in our clubs, and by extension in our game, is preserved.”

    In the workshop attended by Premier League clubs, FKF shared a road map to taming the vice in the form of an elaborate Action plan.

    It headlines the pathway to arresting the vice that, away from the detection phase, it calls for a response, a media strategy around it, partnership with the right stakeholders through to investigations.

    Separately, an means to report suspicious activity has also been put in place.

    The workshops will spread to other leagues and stakeholders in due course.

  • Mathare United clash shifts

    Mathare United clash shifts

    Nairobi City Stars will host Mathare United on Tuesday 2 March 2021 in Kasarani at 3pm and NOT on Sunday 28 February 2021 as had been scheduled.

    The game day change was necessitated due to unavailability of venues at the weekend as Kasarani will be hosting other games on the same Sunday.

    “With no other venue available in Nairobi we had no choice but to request for a shift of play day and that has since been granted by the Federation,”

    “Utalii which is the only alternate venue for games in Nairobi is also unavailable leaving Kasarani to soak in all the weekend pressure of hosting up to five Nairobi teams,”

    “The only open window to host Mathare at Kasarani is on Tuesday hence the departure from the originally scheduled Sunday.” said club CEO Parick Korir

    The Tuesday game follows on mid week games played on Wednesday where City Stars was away to Western Stima in Kisumu while Mathare was at Kasarani against Wazito.

    The games ended 2-0 and 1-1, respectively.

  • Bageya leaves City Stars by mutual consent

    Bageya leaves City Stars by mutual consent

    Ugandan hitman Jimmy Bageya has left Nairobi City Stars by mutual consent ending his seventh stint with the club.

    The offensive midfielder, at best on the left wing, leaves on a high having guided the club to promotion from the second tier after four seasons.

    Bageya joined City Stars back in year 2009 and will be remembered for scoring the clubs first league goal after it was rechristened from World Hope (against AFC Leopards) at Hope Centre in February of that year while playing under German coach Oliver Page.

    He would move away from City Stars on a few occasions to sample greener pastures but always made a return ‘home’ to City Stars.

    “Jimmy intimated he had personal issues to attend to that were a hindrance to his optimal performance at the club hence the mutual agreement that we part ways,” said club CEO Patrick Korir

    “He had very good experience and was our big game player. It therefore goes without saying that we wish him the very best as he addresses his immediate concerns so that he can focus on his future football challenge.” added Korir

    In July 2019 he returned to City Stars for the sixth time in what turned out to be the final year in the National Super League (NSL), and guided the team to promotion with a contribution of five goals, one assist and two Man Of The Match (MOTM) accolades.

    With 23 goals from 130 games across seven KPL seasons, Bageya was City Stars fourth best Premier League top scorer after Justus Basweti and Francis Thairu (27 goals) and Arthur Museve (25).

    In October 2020 he signed a season-long contract to earn a place in the team for the seventh time.

    In the current season, he featured in two games as a substitute against Bandari where he came out with an important assist, and against Vihiga United, to clock 132 Premier League games over eight seasons with City Stars.

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    Jimmy Bageya shields the ball against Mt. Kenya players on Sat 14 Nov 2020 at Dagoretti High. The game ended 1-1

    Jimmy Bageya

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