@KenyaPower_Care For the past four months,many homes in Butunde village, Sirisia Sub-County, have been without electricity. The antics of the Bungoma town team over the past two weeks are tiring.This is week 3 of false promises.They should restore
power,and quit playing those mind games!
I know many of you will disagree with me, but hear me out.
Today, Eliud Kipchoge left his footprint in Brazil, where it will be preserved for generations.
Months ago, he was honored with a statue in Oregon, USA.
That made me stop and think...
Why does it sometimes feel like other countries celebrate our heroes more permanently than we do?
Where in Kenya can a child walk into a museum and learn about Eliud Kipchoge, Tegla Loroupe, Catherine Ndereba, Conjestina Achieng, Paul Tergat, David Rudisha, Vivian Cheruiyot, and the many legends who carried our flag with pride?
Not a road.
Not a stadium that can be renamed by the next government.
A permanent Sports Museum. Their stories. Their medals. Their records. Their statues. Their legacy.
The greatest gift a nation can give its heroes isn't just applause while they're winning.
It's making sure they're never forgotten.
So let me ask you:
If a 10-year-old Kenyan wanted to learn about our greatest athletes see their statues etc today or in 2050, where would you take them?
I'd genuinely like to hear your answer.
He stumbled in Rome.He is typically slow at the beginning of some, if not all, of his races(Off the starting blocks). This is something his coach has to work on.
He has speed.
Ferdinand Omanyala finished 8th in the Diamond League 100m in Rome yesterday while Noah Lyles took the win.
There is a pattern I have noticed over the years, and I may be wrong, but it is worth discussing.
Omanyala often looks dominant in races where some of the biggest names in sprinting are absent. Yet when he lines up against athletes like Lyles and other elite American and Jamaican sprinters, the results often seem very different.
This isn't an attack on Omanyala. He remains one of Kenya's greatest athletes and has carried the country's hopes in a discipline we were never known for.
What I find interesting is understanding why this pattern appears to exist.
Is it simply the higher quality of competition? Different race dynamics? The pressure that comes with major events? Panic? Or is it that the gap between being world-class and being the very best in the world is much bigger than most fans realize?
Either way, it's a conversation worth having. Omanyala remains one of Kenya's greatest athletes regardless.
Angella Okutoyi keeps flying the Kenyan flag high!
She and Egypt’s Merna Refaat have earned ITF US College Tennis Doubles All-American honors.
This is BIG!!!! Congratulations! @Okutoyiangella2 🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#NoWeakness
9.94s!!🔥
Ferdinand Omanyala 🇰🇪 dominated the men's 100m at the Xiamen Diamond League, clocking a time of 9.94s (0.2)!
He beat Gift Leotlela 🇿🇦 in 10.00s, followed by Trayvon Bromell 🇺🇸 and Kenny Bednarek 🇺🇸 both in 10.03s.
Kenya take a clean sweep of gold and silver in the women’s 3000m steeplechase.
Diana Chepkwoi leads Mercy Chepngeno in a 1-2 finish at the African Athletics Championships.
Congratulations!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#TeamKenya
World champion Faith Cherotich finishes 2nd in the women’s 3000m SC in Shanghai, clocking 8:51.48, behind Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai in 8:51.47
Just 0.01 seconds separated them 🔥
#DiamondLeague
Ferdinand Omanyala @Ferdiomanyala clocks 9.98 seconds to come in second behind South Africa's Gift Leotlela with 9.97 seconds at the Shanghai Diamond League.
9.97🇿🇦Gift Leotlela 9.98 🇰🇪Ferdinand Omanyala 9.98 🇺🇸Trayvon Bromell 10.01 🇦🇺Lachlan Kennedy 10.05 🇧🇼Letsile Tebogo 10.19 🇺🇸Christian Coleman 10.27
Kevin Chesang wins GOLD while Silas Senchura takes BRONZE for Kenya in the 10,000m at the CAA Africa Senior Championships in Accra!
Well done, Guys!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
#TeamKenya
Congratulations to the team Kenya in Switzerland, men's category for winning 1,2,3,4, and 5 sweep at the Geneva Marathon.
Our men who won the Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Geneva marathon are:
1. Collins Kemboi 🇰🇪- Gold
2. Silas Too 🇰🇪 - Silver
3. Simion Tarus 🇰🇪- Bronze
Thankyou for lifting our flag high and representing Kenya very well
Kenya's Janet Lokito won the 10km race in a record time of 33 minutes at the Geneva Marathon.
Congratulations Janet Lokito for the exemplary performance and making Kenya proud.
Another medal for #TeamKenya 🇰🇪🥈
Sara Mose wins silver in the women’s 50m freestyle with a time of 25.89 seconds 👏🇰🇪
Another medal for #TeamKenya, and another great performance from Sara
Mose .
Job well done Saraa👏🇰🇪
#TeamKenya#Oran2026