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LESSONS FROM HULL: Kenyan football chiefs need to change tack

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SportPesa Allstars ready for Hull City action

And so it came to pass that a team of Kenyan footballers played against an English club in a stadium owned by an English Premier League club.

If you watched yesterday evening's match between a select Hull City FC side and Kenya's SportPesa All Stars at KCOM Stadium, then you can deduce for yourself what Kenya's football fraternity can achieve, having been brought together by a corporate body for a common cause.

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