{"id":4328,"date":"2014-04-08T02:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T02:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2014-04-08T02:05:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T02:05:09","slug":"walusimbi-kpl-is-better-than-ugandan-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/walusimbi-kpl-is-better-than-ugandan-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Walusimbi: KPL is better than Ugandan league"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/ugandan-trio.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>courtesy of kawowo sports<\/p>\n<p>Uganda Cranes left back Godfrey Walusimbi has stated that the Kenya Premier League is much more competitive and better organized the top flight division in Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>The Gor Mahia FC defender who joined the club in January has put up gallant performances for the club and is amongst the most loved players at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe joy of playing in the Kenyan league is guided by the fact that it\u2019s competitive,\u201d Walusimbi told NairobiNews in an exclusive interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s much organized and matches are beamed live on Supersport, which also increases a player\u2019s value,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-SC Villa star further added that there is all to play for Kenya unlike in Uganda likening the Ugandan league to village football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Uganda there is not much to play for. As a player, you are not only looking forward to match day but also aiming to move to the highest level, something I could not realize in Ugandan league. The league competition back home is like a village football,\u201d said Walusimbi.<\/p>\n<p>Walusimbi also added that it was easier for him to settle at K\u2019Ogalo since there is former Cranes coach Bobby Williamson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Williamson) has coached me; I know what he expects of every player. I know his style of play like the back of my hands, which has made my settling in the team very easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lanky left back also dreams of playing in Europe and promises to offer as much as he can so that he can his move.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, his focus at the moment is helping Gor Mahia win more trophies with the league title which they are keen on defending first on his priorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I want is to give my best and go as far as possible. I dream of playing in Europe but in the meantime my biggest aim is to help Gor Mahia win medals, more so the league title,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/walusimbi-kpl-is-better-than-ugandan-league\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>courtesy of kawowo sports Uganda Cranes left back Godfrey Walusimbi has stated that the Kenya Premier League is much more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}