Agony as Nairobi City Stars is disbanded

Nairobi City Stars, which last season featured in the Kenyan Premier League, has officially been disbanded.

According to team coordinator Samson Otieno, the owner of the club Jonathan Jackson has disbanded the team after they were relegated from the top tier league, citing lack of results.

“The club owner invested heavily on the team and was expecting results. He has decided to do away with the team after they were relegated from the top-tier league,’’ said Otieno

Otieno added that Jackson regretted that his City Stars project was not taking the shape he wanted.

“Players were notified of the looming disbandment in June just after the last season ended, and an official communication came out on June 12 dismissing all the players and the entire technical bench,’’ added Otieno.

The coordinator says the players were seemingly not serious. He says despite the team getting every support they needed they still could not produce results.

“You cannot put your money in a loss making business year in year out. The club owner was very categorical that he would rather invest in building basketball courts rather than dealing with a non productive entity.’’

City Stars were relegated to the National Super League (NSL) at the end of last season, after finishing at the bottom of the 18-team FKF-PL league.

This leaves the 19-team NSL with eighteen league with 18 participants and it is not clear whether the Federation will fill the gap left by City Stars were due to play in the NSL in the 2025/2026 league.

The Nairobi outfit were first relegated from the then KPL in 2016 but made their way back to the FKF PL at the end of the 2019/2020 season that prematurely ended following the outbreak of the Covid19 pandemic.