Wazito FC chairman Moses Adagala has confirmed that the team will change its name to Muhoroni Youth heading to the new season.
Adagala says the change of name has been necessitated after they nailed down a new sponsor who is expected to pump in at least Ksh.40 million.
“It is true we are going to change our name. Our new sponsor has requested the same since they want to work with a team that has roots and a name that reflects this part of the country,” said Adagala who however declined to name the sponsor until an appropriate time.
“The sponsor wants to use our club to do some environment work in Nyanza and therefore changing the name is part of the agreement we have hard with them,” he stated.
The name change will see the return of Muhoroni Youth to the top tier league. The club was relegated back in 2017.
Apart from the change of name, Adagala has insisted that they will be in the league to compete for top honors.
“We are not just going to participate. We do not want to find ourselves in a similar situation fighting in the play-offs,” he said.
The team retained their top status after thrashing Migori Youth 3-0 on aggregate in the play-offs.
To ensure they compete effectively, Adagala says the team has set aside a Ksh.20,000 winning allowance for their players.
“We have a good team and therefore will just sign a few to beef up one or two departments. Another area we are looking at is to have a good motivation for our players in terms of winning allowances which will be KSh.20,000 per month. We want to motivate them to be winning matches knowing that the reward is huge,” he added.
