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• Netizens have reacted to a video of Mr Seed and Georgina Njenga.
• Speculations of new song in the offing.

A video of singer Mr Seed and Georgina Njenga is doing rounds on social media with netizens speculating on what the two could be upto.

In the video, Mr Seed and Georgina are captured in what looks like a petrol station refueling moment.

The former gospel star sits behind the steering wheel as Georgina takes the co-driver seat sipping a drink.

Mr Seed’s New Catch

Could Mr Seed and Georgina be dating? That’s the biggest question many were left asking.

It’s in the public domain that Georgina parted ways with her ex-boyfriend Tyler Mbaya not long ago.

However, a recent photo of Georgina at Mbaya’s house with her baby further complicated issues.

It’s not clear if the two are back together or it was just a “co-parenting” stint.

For Mr Seed, he’s a married man who shares a child with his celebrity wife, Nimo Gachuiri.

Nevertheless, Mr Seed has been dragged into controversy after the other with allegations of cheating.

The “Dawa Ya Baridi” singer has also been called out by a woman for being an absent father.

Mr Seed was also alleged to be part of a group of singer’s scamming Kenyan families living abroad.

New Song In The Offing

Another section termed Mr Seed and Georgina’s meeting as a new song in the offing.

It’s not new for content creators to appear in music video’s as models.

Their influence also helps in driving traffic once the song is done.

Before breaking up, Tyler Mbaya and Georgina featured in a song dubbed ‘Don’t Give Up’ by Jovial and Lexsil.

Fans Reactions

We sampled a few of the reactions below.

“He just planted another seed in her”

“Dawa ya baridi”

“Georgina lazima tatoo ya mbegu sasa”

“Mr Seed anapanda mbegu mahali kumevunwa”

“Give us the title of the song already”

Could Mr Seed be dating Georgina Njenga as many are saying?

Well, give us your views in the comment section.

KISUMU, Kenya, Oct 2 – Ever wondered why globally renowned football icons like Kylian Mbappé, Neymar and Lionel Messi wear GPS vests during training?

Well, the answer to this question is simple. – to track and measure their performance on the field and produce useful data on the same.

Wearing a GPS vest is designed to monitor how the players are working, so players and coaches are able to analyze data such as total distance, top speed, number of sprints, sprint distance, power, load, intensity, and so much more.

And for the first time in history the Chapa Dimba, a national football tournament for boys and girls aged between 16-20 years, introduced state-of-the-art equipment to analyse data for aspiring young budding players.

The man behind the GPS vests better known as Catapult One is none other than IMG Communications Director Charles Gacheru who underscored the need for advancement in sports technology.

Asked what inspired the idea to introduce technology on the evergreen Chapa Dimba ranks, Gacheru remarked: “The idea is to shine a light on the local talent.”

Gacheru goes on to explain that they are now able to generate data from Safaricom Chapa Dimba Ntournament whose metrics are globally accepted.

“What we have seen with Tusker FC -who use similar technology -is that players know they have been monitored and when they look at where they have dropped off their mindset changes. Stakeholders including the coach of Harambee Stars have seen the technology and discussions are ongoing.”

“Safaricom are actually leading the way; for instance, the Harambee Starlets are on the brink of Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualification and should they make it and finish in the top four in the continental event, then they qualify for the World Cup.”

“So, we are thinking differently. We are asking ourselves what role can this technology play on these fairytale Starlets’ campaign? So those are some of the discussions we are having right now.”

Gacheru is overly excited by the fact that the Pamoja bid which handed the three East African countries; Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania the rights to host the AFCON has come to fruition.

“As we envisage a good show on home soil at the 2027 AFCON, the million-dollar question is: How do Harambee Stars prepare for the continental showpiece using technology?”

–Lofty Ambitions–

By and large, Gacheru is happy that sports science is gradually making its way into the African continent, hence lofty ambitions for our young players aspiring to ply their trades overseas.

He is also glad that sports science is taking over the world and no matter what you want to do nowadays, you have to measure it. Africa, and by extension, Kenya are no exceptions.

“For instance, how do you know that you are a good 16- year-old female footballer. If you can measure certain metrics then you can compare yourself and know how you are performing against another girl in Uganda or In South Africa or a girl who plays for Chelsea or another girl playing in other lucrative leagues worldwide,” Gacheru continued.

He goes on to explain that people understand it.

“When you look at certain players and their metrics, people understand what it is all about.’

-Who uses this data?

Gacheru goes on to explain: “The data is useful for the coaches who utilise it to bolster players’ performance, to train players so you know who is very good in sprints, who is good with their work rate. So as a tactician you will know where to improve.”

“Scouts can look at the data and actually know what kind of player he is about to identify with. A player here can be in the losing team but the data tells us tacticians need to look at that player or a team may have lost but they will need to look at that player, by and large.”

–University Scholarships–

Gacheru is also excited that through Chapa Dimba, the school going boys and girls can use the data to source for scholarships in overseas Universities.

“Just like academic credentials in University, people judge you with your grade and the same now applies with the GPS vest technology.”

As a chairman of a Kenya Premier League club, and when scouting for players technology comes into play.

“These participants of Chapa Dimba- empowered by Safaricom- can have a football CV of their own and send it to a University in America or to a team in Sweden: some of these participants will have a solid CV when we reach the finals build by data to create information that that’s globally acceptable.”

“The information generated from Chapa Dimba will definitely be valuable to the players, the teams and scouts. We know nowadays when we are watching F1 and other global sporting events, when we are watching golf, there is data. At the end of all Premier League game players are even given statistics.”

Gacheru is glad that the Chapa Dimba initiative will go places given good organization and its newfound facet on technology.

“We have to thank Safaricom for taking the initiative to put together such a great tournament because what this tournament basically does is it gives opportunity for footballers both boys and girls at the grassroots level to come out and be seen to compete for something but the most important thing is for them to showcase their talents.”

The World Bank on Sunday projected a 5.1 percent growth for the Chinese economy in 2023, according to its newly released East Asia and Pacific Economic Update.

“China has remarkable strengths,” Aaditya Mattoo, chief economist for the World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific, told a press briefing in response to a question from Xinhua.

“It has shown its great depth in manufacturing, but not just in basic manufacturing, (also) the kind of innovative manufacturing to which China is breaking in, the kind of human capacity that’s being created in China,” said the economist.

Mattoo noted that China plans to assure a better quality of growth and does not just think of how growth can be accelerated in the short term.

“How much China is going to grow is a less interesting question than how China chooses to grow,” he said.

According to the outlook, growth in the East Asia and Pacific region this year is higher than the average projected for all other emerging markets and developing economies.

It is expected to remain strong at 5 percent in 2023 but will ease in the second half of 2023 and is forecast to be 4.5 percent during 2024, the report showed, adding that China’s economy is projected to be 4.4 percent in 2024.

“The East Asia and Pacific region remains one of the fastest growing and most dynamic regions in the world, even if growth is moderating,” said World Bank East Asia and Pacific Vice-President Manuela V. Ferro.

“Over the medium term, sustaining high growth will require reforms to maintain industrial competitiveness, diversify trading partners, and unleash the productivity-enhancing and job-creating potential of the services sector,” Ferro said.

Triumphant team Kenya in the inaugural world athletics road running championships is expected to jet back  from Riga,Latvia on Monday night aboard a Lufthansa flight.

The team, comprising 21 athletes, emerged as overall champions in Sunday’s championships, with five gold, three silver, and four bronze medals.

Individual gold medals were won by Sebastien Sawe and Peres Jepchirchir in the half-marathon races, with Kenya also bagging two team gold medals in the same event, as well as by Beatrice Chebet, who won gold in the 5km race.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – Former African champions Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) were forced to work extra hard by Kenya Prisons before winning their opening game at the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) national league play-offs at the Kasarani Stadium on Saturday.

Prisons twice came from a set down to tie the game at 2-2 before the bankers managed to hold their nerve and win the tie breaker 15-12.

“It was a very tough game because Prisons is a very experienced side while most of my girls are young and without a lot of experience. But we didn’t give up especially the fifth set. I am happy we won against them,” head coach Japheth Munala told Capital Sports after the game.

On what he did to ensure his side emerged victorious; “They realized that we had some weakness on the left side and were using that a lot. In the fifth set we had to change and bring some more defense on that side and it worked well for us.”

KCB had started off well and won the opening set convincingly, 25-18. They had maintained a six point gap since the start and even when Prisons called in a time out at 21-15, they couldn’t change much.

In the second set though, Prisons tightened their blocks and they managed to go toe to toe with KCB from the start. At 17-17, Munala knew that his side was in for a tough ride and he called a time out.

However, it was KCB who continued with their scoring spree, going on a 3-0 run. A service error each from both sides didn’t help nerves as the bankers hung in for dear life, but Pamela Jepkurui’s strong hit across the court handed Prisons the set, 25-22.

Munala managed to steady the ship in the third set skipper Mercy Moim and youngster Terry Malyn doing the most in attack, KCB easily winning 25-10.

It seemed as though the bankers were comfortably cruising heading into the fourth set, which they only needed to win to wrap up the game.

But once again, Prisons rose from their slumber and once again took the bankers toe to toe. At 22-22 up, Prisons coach Josp Baraza called for a time out and whatever he told the girls seemed to work as they came back to knock down two quick points to go 24-22. But once again, KCB clawed back the two points to take the score to 24-24, before a two point run saw Prisons take the set 26-24 and force the game to a tie breaker.

Once again, it was Munala’s men who would learn quick and they made no mistakes in the decider, despite scores being close.

Earlier on, holders Pipeline beat DCI three sets to one, surviving a series of scares.

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 2 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) women’s volleyball coach Japheth Munala wants his team to pull up their socks ahead of their next match against Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in the ongoing Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) playoffs.

The bankers ground out a 3-2 win over former defending champions Kenya Prisons in their first playoff tie at the Kasarani Indoor Arena on Monday but Munala believes there is room for improvement.

“We will be going back to the drawing board to look at the way we have played today and prepare well for Tuesday. Although we played well and won today, I think we still need to work on our blocks and service going into the next match,” Munala said.

KCB were intent on punishing the wardresses, taking the first set 25-18 before coach Josp Baraza’s charges recovered to win 22-15 in the subsequent set.

A topsy turvy game it was turning out to be as KCB walloped their opponents 25-10 in the third set before Prisons once again rose to win 26-24 in the penultimate one.

Nonetheless, the bankers had the last laugh as they triumphed 15-12 in the last set to get their title campaign off to a flier.

Munala acknowledged that the game was testament enough to the tough test that await the bankers as all the four teams in contention give their all.

“It was a very tight match…something that we knew considering that all the teams have been training and preparing well for the playoffs. I am happy for the girls because they put on a show despite the difficult circumstances,” he said.

In the other playoff match of the day, defending champions Kenya Pipeline beat DCI 3-1 at the same venue.

The Africa Club Championships finalists won 25-16 and 25-22 in the first and second sets before they were jolted by the sleuths who triumphed 27-25 in the third set.

The oil merchants, however, steadied the ship and won 25-17 in the ultimate set to extinguish any hopes of an upset by the opponents.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – Burundian tactician Francis Harigingo has become the first coaching casualty of the 2023/24 FKF Premier League season after he was sacked by Sofapaka following a spate of poor results.

Harigingo has been fired just exactly two months into his tenure after failing to win any of his first five matches in charge, with Batoto ba Mungu battling relegation down the standings.

He has been sent packing alongside his assistant Pablo Uwimana with Ezekiel Akwana, who rejoined the side last week as assistant coach expected to take temporary charge of the team.

The rain had started beating Sofapaka a fortnight ago when Technical Director David Ouma, who had erstwhile been coach before Harigingo’s coming resigned from his role, citing personal reasons.

Four consecutive losses have seen Sofapaka drop down to bottom in the standings with just a single point from their opening day draw.

The decision to sack Harigingo was reached on Saturday after their 2-1 loss to City Stars at the Kasarani Annex, and the tactician had a meeting with club president Elly Kalekwa Monday afternoon to reach an amicable agreement to end his contract.

KISUMU, Kenya, Oct 2 – His meteoric rise in football wasn’t due to luck; it was blood, sweat and tears all the way!

And after years of hard work, his goalscoring prowess on the field of play has finally began to bear fruit.

He is none other than Obunga FC forward Dancun Odhiambo Omalla, one of the most sought after high school footballers at the present and a chip off the old block.

He’ll be turning 17 years in December and already speculation is rife that Kenyan Premier League clubs Shabana FC, KCB FC and Kakamega Homeboyz are scrambling for the signature of the form four student at Kisumu Day.

Wait a minute! Duncan is brother to the famous Benson Omalla who plies his trade with the mighy Gor Mahia and son of Migori footballer Peter Oluoch who hang up his boots in 1996.

Vincent is his first born in their family who used to play for Kisumu All-Stars.

And Benson happens to be the current K’Ogallo top scorer in the Kenyan Premier League so far.

Benson was discovered at the inaugural Safaricom Chapa Dimba while playing for Manyatta FC and was part of the team that went to Barcelona, Spain for the boot camp.

But Duncan is gradually positioning himself as a lethal striker and may as well become the next big thing in Kenyan football-thanks to the revered Chapa Dimba iniative where dreams always come true!

The soft-spoken player is determined hitch his wagon to a star in order to follow in the footsteps of his brothers Vincent and Benson and indeed his dad who played in the full back position in his days.

As if to prove his knack for finding the back of the net, Duncan notched two goals in their 4-0 drubbing of Nyaguku FC from Nyamira and dedicated his strikes to Safaricom for admirably transforming the Chapa Dimba to a “theatre of dreams”.

“I dedicate my goals to Safaricom who have granted me the opportunity to showcase my talent on a respectable platform that Chapa Dimba has become since inception. This is where talent is nurtured and I will give it my best shot as I want to be the top scorer of this tournament.”

-Good Humored Banter —

“My brother Benson has inspired me immensely, he is the one who buys for me boots. And whatever both of us get from the sport we use it to support our parents at home. We both work hard to change our background which is not that desirable.”

There has always been some good humour rivalry between the Omalla siblings with Duncan bantering over who will be the family’s finest.

“I want to be a better player than my brother Benson, that’s for sure, and this is the one thing I always tell him when he comes back home from Nairobi,” Duncan told Capital Sport.

“He is famous countrywide by virtue of the privilege and platform he savours at the moment but I keep reminding him that there will be a new sherriff in town, it’s just a matter of time.” Duncan bantered.

Duncan and Benson both possess more or less the same wizzadry on the ball. They share many things in common from talent, aspirations, level-headedness to so much more.

With an apparently insatiable appetite for the net, they both bang in goals “at will”.

But proded to reveal who the better footballer is between him and his brother and who will make their family prouder, Duncan went on; “At the moment Benson is the better player. Last season he finished 26 goals in the league and me I was playing Manyatta United in Division 2 and scored 11 goals. So that was a plus.”

–Failure Is The Best Teacher –

And when did his football career hit a rock bottom?

Duncan went on: “When Kisumu Boys failed to qualify for the school games nationals, we all grew more and more despondent as we knew we had missed a platform where we would showcase our talents.”

“But then again, we knew it was not the end of life, and here we go again at Chapa Dimba, doing our thing.”

“Sometimes in life you can embrace failure as it will make you learn about resilience, don’t fear It. We all fear failure, don’t we? But let me share a little secret with you – failure is not the enemy. In fact, it’s one of our best teachers. As players we learn from our past mistakes.”

The young Duncan hopes to join paid ranks in lucrative leagues. He dares to dream that one day his aspirations will come to fruition.

“What I keep saying about Chapa Dimba All Stars team is that if Safaricom can grant me the chance to go to Spain I will be the happiest boy in this world. I will give it my best shot. Such opportunities open the doors to success. This is a platform where all and sundry have an opportunity to prove their mettle as young footballers,” the Chelsea FC fan said.

Duncan aspires to join Barcelona where his favourite player Robert Lewandowski is a prolific striker.

–Like Father Like Son –

His dad Peter Oluoch was in Kisumu during the Chapa Dimba Season Four Nyanza Region finals to witness his son’s knack for scoring goals.

“Benson has opened the way for Duncan. Truly God is working miracles. As a family we come from a very humble background and its God’s grace that talent has elevated us and given us something to cheer about.” Oluoch remarks.

But the father candidly Admits that Benson is a better player of the two though he is flabbergasted by Duncan’s progression in the sport.

“I must admit at this juncture that Duncan is coming up really well, he is young with amazing potential. And from the look of things Duncan might become a greater player, capable of surpassing his elder brother, he has the much needed speed and gusto for football,” Oluoch expounded.

Whether or not Duncan will board the plane to Spain, his family believe he has a bright future in the sport and that he will continue burning the midnight oil no matter what!

Oluoch said in finality: “it’s my prayer that the aeroplane that Benson boarded to Spain, Duncan should also get the same opportunity to do so. I used to deny my kids the opportunity to play football as I wanted them to perform well in academics, but then again, I realised that children need to be allowed the opportunity to realise their potential in sports as long as they balance it well with with school work.’