We are ‘soccer rustlers’ not cattle rustler’s, West Pokot County governor John Lonyangapuo has declared.
The County is well known for cattle rustling. But a new dawn has now set in after Kapenguria Heroes recently beat Gor Mahia Youth to lift the 2018 Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom boys’ category.
“There are those who say West Pokot residents are cattle rustlers, but we have now changed it. We have removed the word cattle and replaced it with soccer, so we are now soccer rustlers, athletics rustlers, and academic rustlers,” said the governor as quoted by Capital Sport.
“We will put up a soccer academy that will be funded by the County Government to be able to identify talent within our region and be able to produce players who will play in the national team, so keep on working hard,” Lonyangapuo said.
“There are many people in Kenya including some here they are asking themselves can anything good come out of West Pokot? But the grace of God was upon us and we beat all the teams and reached the final,” he added.
Lonyangapuo spoke on Wednesday while rewarding Kapenguria Heroes and Tartar Girls’ teams for exemplary efforts during the tournament held last week at the Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega.
Tar Tar girls finished second after being beaten by Kisumu County’s Plateue Queens in the girls final.