A fundraising Steering Committee set up to support Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League returning side Shabana FC has set an immediate target of raising Sh10 million for the signing of new players ahead of the new campaign.

The committee that was endorsed by the leadership of the Gusii Community at the Bomas of Kenya on June 22 led by the Cabinet Secretary for Education Ezekiel Machogu, and resolved to organise a funds drive to support the team’s pre-season campaign, was inaugurated during their first meeting at Hill Park Hotel, in Nairobi on Wednesday evening.

Speaking after the meeting, the club’s Patron Sam Nyamweya, who doubles up as the chairman of the steering team, reaffirmed a commitment to immediately source for Sh10 million to help in the player recruitment exercise while targeting Sh100 million within the same period.

“We, first of all, agreed to raise Sh10m to go towards player recruitment since the league is almost getting underway and then we will focus on raising Sh100m which is our target as a committee, towards helping the club’s day-to-day activities in the new season,” said Nyamweya,” adding: “This is a good step towards the prosperity of our club and we thank CS Machogu for his efforts of putting up this committee to ensure the prosperity of our great Shabana.”

Nyamweya continued: “The Steering Committee will approach corporate sponsors to seek support for the club, a list of 200 top Gusii public servants, the corporate sector, and the Business Communities across the country and in the diaspora have been identified to support the club during the fundraiser.”