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Gor Mahia Tom Ogweno during a training at Nyayo National Stadium on Wednesday 07/03/12.[Photo: Boniface Okendo, Standard]
My story this week started when a friend invited me to his rural home in Mfang’ano Island, Homa Bay County - my first ever visit to the iconic island surrounded by Lake Victoria.
I have this habit of looking for football-related snippets whenever I visit parts of Kenya with a history of football. That is how I penned up previous pieces from Turkana, Rabai, Freretown, Kitale, Eldoret, Nakuru, Lodwar, Berlin and Frankfurt, Kigali, Arusha and Juba in South Sudan.
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