Bullets of Vihiga fall silent as coronavirus hurts clubs

Vihiga Bullets players (sitting down) listen to their head coach Edward Manoah (in red T-shirt) after finishing their training at Hamisi grounds. [Eric Lungai, Standard]

If there was any doubt Vihiga County is an unrivalled reservoir of football talent in Kenya, consider the case of Vihiga United FC. Within three years of its formation in 2014, Vihiga United, boasting youthful talent from the county were promoted to Kenya’s top-tier league in 2017.

Encouraged by this success, Vihiga Bullets was formed to absorb talented footballers from the county. Until the novel coronavirus hit the Kenyan shores, Vihiga Bullets were on course to emulate their ‘sibling’ Vihiga United.