Kenyan Rollball World Cup Champions Live on Bread

Away from the public eye inside the bowels of Kasarani Stadium where they have been training on goodwill, the reigning 2015 Rollball World Cup champions, Team Kenya, retire to a meal of bread, milk and soda.

This despite a day’s hard rigorous training ahead of the 3rd East African Rollball championship slated for this weekend at the Kasarani Indoor Arena.

After the Kenyan rollball team won the title by defeating India 2-1 in the final in Pune, the forgotten gallant stars had hoped for a rise in the game’s profile leave alone theirs.

“It has been a life of struggle,” offers team manager Musa Kaguli, but was quick to acknowledge Kasarani Stadium management for allowing them to train for free.

The Kenyan national team, which comprises 14 men and 14 women is yet to secure a hostel in Kasarani and training equipment.

“We are really pressed for accommodation, food and equipment, balls and uniforms. We are pleading for help from government for allowances,” Kaguli said.

He added: “The players use the uniform they were given two years back. We have done what we could to survive. It is a shame that even when we came back from India with the trophy no government official was there to even share in the joy of winning a global trophy for our country.”

Ahead of this weekend’s regional tournament that brings together Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Zambia, Kagulisaid he will be forced to house the team in his three-bedroom house at Zimmerman.

“I can’t allow the players to go back to their homes after matches during the competition, he said.