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The players feel the need for every men’s team to have a women’s side is long overdue as it will see a paradigm shift for the game in the country.
Football Kenya Federation Women’s Premier League (FKF WPL) players have backed the directive by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) requiring all men’s teams to have a women’s side before being allowed to feature in their competitions.
CAF have set the tough conditions which will come into force starting next season with Kenya’s representatives in the Champions League and Confederation Cup required to have complied with this directive by the end of this month.
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With almost all Football Kenya Federation Premier League sides not having a women’s team, it means they might have to sign an agreement with an existing entity and players in the Women’s Premier League, or even formation of a new outfit from scratch, will be the beginning of a paradigm shift for the women’s game in the country.
“It is a good thing, it makes a lot of sense because they will start thinking about women’s football,” Gaspo Women attacking midfielder Lydia Akoth, popularly known as Ozil, said during an interview on Betnare TV.
She added: “Like there is no way AFC Leopards men will play at Nyayo Stadium and let their women’s team play at a dilapidated ground. Also, the fanbase will become bigger and women’s football will be growing every day.”
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Her sentiments were echoed by Zetech Sparks winger Pauline Naise who feels women’s football has been neglected for far too long.
“It will give us exposure as women in football, also there is the aspect of financial privilege. For example, a team like KCB if they are paying the men’s team well, then the women will also be on the payroll even if they might not earn equally,” said Naise.
Naise also enumerated how a lack of professionalism in the way women’s football is run in Kenya has left the players with the short end of the stick, something that needs to change if they have to realise their full potential.
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“We need to have teams being appreciated at the end of the season, can we have galas for awards and sponsorship since most teams struggle even to get to the training,” she added.
“How many players have medical cover, or paid allowances? Also, there is the aspect of mental health. Teams don’t have qualified psychologists who would look at you and say you are going through something. When you get an injury, you are as good as forgotten if you do not have themeans to treat yourself.”
The player also lashed out at the low amounts of money women footballers are rewarded with compared to their male counterparts.
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“In these tournaments that we have locally, can the cash prize be same as men? We have tournaments where men will be rewarded Ksh1 million and women Ksh300,000 so I wonder if we are playing less football,” she posed.
“Women’s teams also we need to market our games, sell merchandise and play in bigger stadiums to attract more fans and coverage.”
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