Under the Turkana Skies
In Turkana, I am reminded that leadership often begins where certainty ends. My friend invited me to mentor the leaders of his football club, and I had mixed thoughts. What…
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September 1, 2025
When the Game Doesn’t Stir Us: What CHAN Reveals About East Africa’s Quiet Disintegration
As I sat alone in a Nairobi bar, enjoying classic Congolese rumba and the company of waitstaff who've come to know me by presence rather than profile, something struck me.…
August 25, 2025
Point-Blank: Reflections on Kenya, Football, and Turning 41
This weekend marks a convergence that’s hard to ignore. On August 2nd, Tanzania hosts the opening of the African Nations Championship (CHAN). A day later, I turn 41. Kenya will…
July 31, 2025
7 Years of The Football Foundation for Africa: A Personal Reflection
Seven years ago, I left the comfort and predictability of formal employment to pursue a vision: to serve Africa’s youth using my gifts, intellect, and love for football. Recently, a…
July 2, 2025
Why Africa Should Prioritise Building Its Own Sports Ecosystem Over Hosting Global Events
The recent news of Rwanda launching an official bid to host a Grand Prix in the future has been met with excitement in African sports circles. Seven-time F1 world champion…
December 17, 2024
Blacked Out
I thought it was a bathroom, but as I took in my constrained surroundings, I realised it was not a friendly place. I shifted my body and got up. I…
July 12, 2024
Dinner at the Hilton Hotel
You often don't get to have dinner at the Hilton Hotel, especially not on a student budget! In the final semester of our degree programme at the University of Nairobi,…
May 13, 2022
My 30 Years of AFCON
It just occurred to me that Kenya was once an African football powerhouse going by CAF records. For some reason, I thought the constant complaining about the state was our…
January 12, 2022
My Day in Moscow
She asked me which team I used to play for. I started to explain that I was not one of the legends, "I run The Football Foundation for Africa. It's an organisation.."
September 17, 2021
Foundation Seeks to Empower Players when they walk off the Football Pitch
By Odindo AyiekoWhen his friend, a former teammate at Strathmore University football club was gunned down by police five years ago in Tanzania on suspicion of engaging in criminal activities,…
October 28, 2020