Homabay County Netball team has raised concerns over transparency issues in the ongoing Kenya Intercounties Sports and Culture Association (KICOSCA) in Meru County.
Led by their captain Ms Eunice Achieng, the team complained of unfairness during their games and as a result ended up withdrawing from the competitions.
“We note with concern the kind of treatment we are being subjected to. Secondly we want to put it clear that despite meeting all the necessary requirements for the tournament, and having all our documentations approved by the necessary authorities, the circus did not end as the organisers kept on asking us to produce documents and to some extent telling us to give our net incomes which we believe is not necessary.Worse still, they even asked us to visit Huduma centre to have our documents certified,” said Ms Achieng.
Ms Achieng added “We demand that all the punitive measures we are being subjected to must be applicable to all other participating netball teams if at all the intention of those pushing them is not malicious.”
She also wants the council of governors to look into the management and running of the KICOSCA games so it can meet the intention of enhancing unity, integration and cohesion among the counties.
The team’s head coach Ms Babyhildgad Owenga siad they had all the required documents but they were still being treated as if they were not qualifying for the tournament.
“In fact yesterday we were supposed to play at 8am but we ended up playing at 4pm because someone in the office must have brought that confusion.Our team was scrutinised for about four times which was not happening to our counterparts and this makes us to believe there is a malicious game being played there.,” said Ms Owenga.
She called on the national office to come out and talk to the KICOSCA officials adding that a similar thing befell them last year in Kisumu County.
The team had played only two games including Bungoma which they won 16:15, and against Kakamega who they thrashed 35:12.
Their match against Nyeri County was suspended resulting to the uproar.
