Former Kenya Women premier league champions Vihiga Queens have been urged to perform well at the Africa Women Qualifiers at next week’s Cecafa championships in Nairobi.
Vihiga County Governor Wilberforce Otichilo while presenting the sponsorship deal for the queens challenged them to match their performance with what they have been doing during the women league that concl;uded last month.
While addressing the media at the Kenya Institute of Special Education, Kasarani, Otichilo said they want to sell Vihiga County to the world.
“We are here to ensure Vihiga are well prepared to face their opponents in Cecafa. We are proud of them and their achievements in the past four years after winning the women title three consecutive times,” said Otichilo.
Vihiga Queens won the 2019, 2018 and 2017 women league titles.
At the same time, he urged the national government to invest more in sports to enable athletes realise their dreams. He said his government will pump more money to sports next year.
“We are planning for another fund for performing arts. Vihiga is a cradle for football, athletics and other sports and therefore, we will increase our sports funding by 50 per cent in the next financial budget.”
Queens captain Ines Mango said the team is ready for battle.
“We are well equipped now to face our opponents and as a team we can’t wait to get started. We have enough quality to blossom in Cecafa,” said Mango.
Coach Alex Alumira added: “In as much as the team is ready, we are waiting for the communication from FKF if the competition will go on as planned or not.”