Meagre Harambee Stars allowance trends on Twitter
Football lovers on Tuesday took to social media to react to reports that Harambee Stars players are paid a daily camping allowance of Sh750.
The fans expressed their rage under the #harambeestarsallowance hashtag that trended for the better part of Tuesday morning.
Fans were unanimous that the Sh750 daily allowance is not sufficient to neither motivate the players nor cater for their basic needs.
Harambee Stars are preparing to face Sierra Leone away on June 10, in the opening game of the 2019 Africa Nations Cup qualifiers.
Already, a number of players namely Kenneth Muguna, Timothy Otieno, Harun Shakava and Duncan Otieno opted to travel to Tanzania with their respective clubs to compete in the inaugural SportPesa Super Cup tournament.
The foursome are reported to have been lured by among other things, the attractive camping allowance.
Sample some of the Tweets here
It is immoral that players in camp for national duty are paid a paltry daily allowance of sh750 by the federation #HarambeeStarsAllowance
— Onjili (@onjiliD) June 6, 2017
can federation officials pay themselves sh750 as daily allowance like they are paying players? #HarambeeStarsAllowance
— Onjili (@onjiliD) June 6, 2017
I now get it when quality local players snub national duty call ups #HarambeeStarsAllowance
— Collins Kasembeli (@kasembeli_afc) June 6, 2017
750/ is a joke – ata bei ya Unga, sukar, maziwa ime panda, guys be serious #HarambeeStarsAllowance
— Frank Orinde (@FrankOrinde) June 6, 2017
750 #HarambeeStarsAllowance is just to too low hata kama ni kuwa PATRIOTIC
— Amon Amore (@AmoreAmon) June 6, 2017
In a country where crooks catwalk carrying loads of stolen money, this is unacceptable for a national team! #HarambeeStarsAllowances
— Bonface Osano (@bonfaceosano) June 6, 2017
Surely Patriotism pays no bills #HarambeeStarsAllowances What's sh.750 for a professional/National team player? Too insignificant amount
— Wayne Ckile (@WCkile) June 6, 2017
