Congolese in Kenya being marshaled for Gor game
Football
By
Tom Bwana
| Mar 10, 2015
The entire Congolese community living in Kenya will turn up for the Gor Mahia versus AC Leopards CAF Champions League match on Sunday 15th March. That is the strong statement coming from the Embassy of the Republic of Congo in Nairobi.
“This is a big match for us. We, Congolese, take football seriously and it is a near religion to us,” said H.E Jean Pierre Ossey the Ambassador of the Republic of Congo to Kenya adding that “students, workers and all Congolese citizens residing in Kenya are all geared to this game. We want to support our team and make them feel like they are playing at home.”
Approximately there are over one thousand Congolese working and studying in Kenya and should they all turn up for the Sunday Nyayo Stadium match, there will almost certainly be a replica of the atmosphere that AC Leopards are used to at their Stade Dennis Sassou Ngueso home in Dolisie.
The Congolese also expect to get support from their neighbors from Democratic Republic of Congo whose citizens in Kenya account for almost a quarter of foreigners in Kenya.
On government support to football in Congo, the Ambassador was quick to highlight their commitment to developing and motivating sports in their home country as they (Congo government) have chartered a plane to ferry the whole AC Leopards contingent to and from Nairobi.
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AC Leopards will arrive in Nairobi aboard a chartered flight at a yet to be specified time and they play Gor Mahia on Sunday the 15th. This clash only promises more and more fireworks.