Why local football matches consolidate our friendships

By T Michael Mboya

Early Sunday afternoon. I am in my usual position at the counter in my local pub. On my sides are friends. They are also regulars here. A Kenya Premier League football match is showing on the television that is perched on a low refrigerator that stands against the wall we sit facing. The match is the reason for our being here this early. We are the kind of Kenyan lovers of televised football that include ‘game yetu’ (Kenyan football) in our menu. Which fact defines us as belonging to a minority in Eldoret. In this town televised football usually refers to the English Premier League. We are wearing the jerseys of the teams we support. I am in a K’Ogalo jersey, two friends are in Ingwe jerseys.