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Betika has today 20th Feb 2021 officially handed over the Kayole Calvary grounds to the residents of Kayole and Komarok after a challenging four months of rehabilitation.
The ground-breaking ceremony that was held late last year, saw senior officials from all sides of the partnership oversee the handover of the grounds to the contractor. The field, which will be in use by over 112 sports teams, including volleyball, football, netball, is a home ground for 35 Eastlands community-based teams.
Some of the teams Consisted of; Kayole starlet, Jaba United, Club JoJo and
Young state and were all presented with training kits, Soccer Balls, and uniforms.
Joshua Sakwa who is a coach congratulated Betika for the Initiative taken by the firm in promoting Kenyan soccer. Talent can grow well through initiatives like this he added. The youth teams were drawn from Kayole and Komarock. ”I call upon Betika to continue with the good work. Even an initiative can be done to ensure that the ground facility is maintained to grow more talent The ground has been able to train more coaches, referees, promote talent in this constituency,” said Benjamin Gathiru Mwangi, Embakasi Central MP.
He further added that in the past the ground could not conduct any events but right now things are getting better. Youth talent needs to be grown more. Sport is a uniting thing and this is good work, Betika can also build more grounds onwards and congratulate Betika for their good work.
”It is a great milestone and honors the ground has well-fitted drainage and the ground will still be worked on the gates, where the audience can pay 20 shillings during entrance for the ground maintenance purpose.
As Betika we will look to still work on other grounds too, as we are also supporting Betika Super League.” alludes Betika CEO Mr. Nicholas Mruttu.
The ‘Betika Na Community Initiative’ has now grown into a massive movement with a huge following across the country and the firm promised to rehabilitate pitches to raise the bar and urges more needy communities to reach out to them with their needs.
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