They will go anywhere the Kenya-Stockholm Football team is playing and at any time to cheer them. They will take a week-end vacation from job just to make sure that they will be at the benches to watch that crucial match the Kenyans need to win to lift this coveted Cup called Africa Challenge Cup hosted by the Sports Association of Afro-Scandinavians (SAAS).
They will be at the field early enough to ensure that they occupy the strategic seats at the back benches where they can watch everything from a vantage point. They will cheer until they lose their voices in the name of encouraging the Kenyan boys to win the match to strengthen the “Najivunia kuwa Mkenya” slogan. They will display the national flag in turns throughout the game if that is what the players need to see to win. Sometimes, the flag is displayed upside down but for the fans, it doesn’t matter as long as the flag is there.
If possible, they will mobilize Kenyan preachers to the field to offer prayers if that is what it takes to win. In fact, they will even try Kenya-Stockholm ndumbas kuroga opponents ahead of the game and make them useless even before the match begins.
They have their music composers right at the field who weave slogans to be shouted at the enemy team. They will bring along Nyama Choma to the field and other consumables to keep the crowd alive and shouting. It doesn’t matter whether your favourite is Coca Cola or black coffee. It will be there and once you are served, you will be advised kujienjoy which means shout until the team scores a goal!
They will conspire to line up some of the cutest Kenyan chicks to encourage the youthful players to thwack the enemy. Whether you are a Kijana or a Mzee waKazi, you will be mobilized to come and show solidarity. If you refuse, you will face the mchongoano team which will tell you that your refusal to come and support the national team is as a result of your stupidity that even leads you to fail a blood test! “That’s why you are so stupid that you even steal free bread”, you will be told.
They know when a Kenyan player arrives in town and they will tip the Coach to fix the player as soon as possible to strengthen the team. In short, they know every Kenyan who can kick a ball and will send information to the Kenyan Coach to act. They form the mass of the passionate Kenya-Stockholm support crowd without which the Kenyan team will not be able to perform. If you have never been at the benches, try it this Saturday when Kenya meets Cameroon, a match the Nation must win against all odds.
Okoth Osewe
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Moment pic #273 showing Clay and Steve also shows them holding our honored Kenyan flag upside down. The spearheads should face up and not down.
KSB: That is the point. It doesn’t matter as long as the bandera is there. The boys will see it and they will score oki doki!!