Ottamax calls a better treatment of Kenyan’s ex-internationals while Chan is bearing

Former Kenya international goalkeeper Mathews Ottamax urged the Kenyan government to offer better international treatment during the African Nations Championship (Chan) which should start on August 3 in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

With seven days to go, the Eastern African Region is expected to host the eighth edition of Chan, a football tournament from the African Biennale association organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 2009 and announced for the first time in September 2007.

The participating teams must be made up of players playing in their national league competitions.

Kenya Harambee stars Will make his debut in the tournament and have been shared in group A, whose matches will be played at the Kasarani stadium, alongside Dr Congo, Angola, Morocco and Zambia.

Group B will have Burkina Faso, the Central Republic of Africa, Madagascar, Mauritania and Tanzania.

Algeria, Niger, Guinea, South Africa and Uganda are grouped in group C, whose matches will be staged at the Nelson Mandela stadium in Kampala, while group D includes Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.

Kenya ex-heroes and heroines must be treated with decorum

According to the former guardian of Harambee stars, Mathews Ottamax, the Chan tournament should be a good opportunity for former players to grant respect because they have a huge role to play.

“Imagine that the oldest captain in the country and the most capped player with more than 90 caps, Musa Otieno, were forced to watch the Kenya vs Gabon match at the Nyayo stadium among the ultras, where all kinds of delinquents are found”, “ Ottamax told FlashScore.

“These old stars are not satisfied with the stadium as fanatics, they go there to analyze the games, because most are coaches, who must look from a quiet area for future references, and should be granted by better treatment.”

Ottamax, who played for AFC leopards, among other teams from the Premier League Kenyane, continued: “Take a walk towards our VVIP and VIP sections of our stadiums, you will be surprised that these areas are filled with` `Gonywa Batallion ” with accreditation labels oscillating as pendulums through their breasts while they move to the left in the search for politicians in the presence of forgetting in the pitch in the plan of management … at home without knowing the scores.

“Chan is there with us, and with the few days to play, it is my humble plea that the authorities concerned will see the importance of treating their former heroes and heroines with decorum similar to nostalgic days when we have been escorted to locations like presidents.

“Forlorn and in foreign countries, where we have sang the national anthem, blinded by tears that are preparing to fight for the pride and glory of our country … Do you not think that we deserve to smile now?”

According to Ottamax, former players should be assigned various functions during the tournament: “It is time for the leaders of various sports departments to go out and favor the allocation of tasks to their former sportsmen and women whenever the country is confronted with the organization of tournaments, whether it is an international (autonomous) or long tournament.

“Apart from that, we must treat our athletes with decorum when we organize matches by recognizing them at least with VIP treatment.”

Ottamax concluded: “The ex-footballers are very modest, or simply call them ordered for lack of a better word in their approach to things. They are doing with decorum.

“This patience was confused with cowardice, leading to our heroes and heroines in sports to be overlooked even in their own” birthday parties “, as is the case in the competition of Chan which is about to start in just over a week in the three African nations of the East.

“”I have not yet heard “VIP labels for legends” as we see in other countries. »»

Harambee Stars will have the opportunity to present their players based on locally in front of fans of the house, offering a unique chance to connect the national team to the basic leagues and servants who shape them.

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