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Gods must be crazy as cost of FKF Premier League trophy divides local football

The official FkF Premier League trophy unveiled by FKF President Nick Mwendwa ahead of the league culmination on August 22, 2021. July 29, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Just how much did the FKF Premier League trophy cost? Like the coke bottle in The Gods Must Be Crazy comedy film by Jamie Uys, the newly acquire trophy has touched off a serious falling out between Football Kenya Federation president Nick Mwendwa and two of Kenya’s biggest clubs; AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia.

Mwendwa, pompously announced on Citizen TV on Wednesday that the 24-carat gold-plated trophy weighing 11kg had cost “upwards of $50,000”.

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