Radio Africa/Bamba TV quest to stop the Kenyan premier league from signing contract with new broadcaster for FTA and Pay TV was dealt with a fatal blow when high Court judge Onguto dismissed their application on Monday morning in Nairobi.
Radio Africa’s lawyer had put up an argument that they gave KPL an offer that was accepted but he was at pains to produce the actual contract for verification this follows another Last minute application on the 8 December 2017 that was also dismissed.
Judge Onguto while listening to detailed submission from both sides took issue with Radio Africa after a successful challenge by KPL lawyer Mwangi Njeru as the court thwarted attempts by Radio Africa to stop KPL from seeking another broadcaster.
On dismissing the application by Radio Africa,Judge Onguto gave orders that the Kenyan premier league was now free to proceed with the signing of the deal with the broadcasters who sources have intimated will be announced by the end of the week based on the winning bids.
While all this was happening MediaPro who are the new KPL production partners are in town and have already embarked on preparations for the first production which will be the Super Cup pitting arch rivals Gor Mahia vs AFC Leopards.
A lot of excitement has already engulfed the football industy in Kenya with the entrance of Barcelona based MediaPro with expected use of 10 high definition cameras that include goal nets,beauty cams for the production of 6 matches in every round an astronomical improvement from the past.
It’s a new Dawn for KPL who for the first time will wholly own their own production ensuring quality control as they are now challenged to get back the value of the league that many stakeholders had argued had been watered down by Bamba Sport poor production quality and lack of accessibility by many viewers.
So many Kenyan premier league footballers who spoke to soka25east.com on condition of anonymity alluded to the fact that they were no longer motivated in the 2017 season because of lack of exposure after Supersport left leaving Bamba Sport who couldn’t match the quality.
The new Deal with MediaPro a production company respected across the World has come as a relief to Kpl courtesy of the superb partnership with La Liga who have embarked on ensuring KPL fully benefit from their expertise in both running of the game and creating their own content.
