Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen was the star of the show as he scored three goals in two matches to ensure the Senators retained the Devolution cup in Kirinyaga on Monday.
Murkome, the Senate majority leader captained his fellow senators as they overcame the council of governors and the County Assembly Forum teams on their way to retaining the title they won in Kakamega last year.
The Senate includes speaker Kenneth Lusaka who played football during his school days while most governors are just not fit.
Yesterday I captained the Senate Football team that beat Council of Governors & County Assembly Forum to win the Devolution Cup.Honored to be the tournament’s top scorer with 3 out of the 5 goals scored by the Senate.The tournament was a curtain raiser for the 6th Dev Conference pic.twitter.com/bBQUBN8yFd— KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, E.G.H (@kipmurkomen) March 5, 2019
And the win came with a trophy which was sponsored by DSTV and GoTV. You will wonder why the politicians cannot secure the same sponsorship for local leagues.
The match which was used as a curtain raiser for the Devolution Conference, has been dubbed as the clash of who owns Kenya.
We are waiting to hear stories of how billions were spend to buy the match ball!