“Even if you bring Mourinho, even if you bring Arteta, the work that needs to be done is that we need to bring the talent to table. For you to win, you need quality players,” FKF boss Nick Mwenda retorted on one of mainstream media channel. A retort with heavy nutrition science. Why? talent willpower correspond with anatomy and physiology structural soundness to correspond responsive coordination.
Elements of sound anatomic tissues-are found from abundance supply of fresh produce to provides the rule of three diet. That according to nutritional knowledge I learnt in my public health training. It’s from this knowledge without prejudice; there is no much athlete talents display internationally from more-less desert and densely urban areas in my view, due short supply of fresh produce, especially greens which provides the most vitamins and mineral elements.
To justify my empirical analysis, Ferdinand Omanyala provide a case study. He was born in Hamisi, Vihiga county but the family later settled in Tongaren in Bungoma. An area endowed with chicken, milk, cereal grains and green vegetables enriched with Calcium mineral and vitamin Bs requisites in formation of bone. Necessary for muscle contraction and muscle toning, structures prerequisite for sportsmen. Required in large amounts during infancy and early childhood when the skeleton is developing, means are cost-effectively available in rural areas as evidenced in trends where field athletes most of them resides in rural areas are breaking world records one after the other, while, football fortunes most based in urban are dwindling by seasons.
What I’m, I, premising. The Football Kenya Federation [FKF] in extension, it President Nick Mwenda or whoever that holds that office to blend Harambee Stars with rural footballers on progressive clinics of under 20 clubs.The way one of Harambee Star’s celebrated coach, the late Reinhardt Fabish did in 1998 by poaching untested rural lads and managed to stand the then African soccer giant Nigerian Super Eagle into a draw 1-1 in home-ground a feat vibrated world over.