The Senate has proposed that Nyayo National Stadium be renamed after Joe Kadenge, the Kenyan football icon who died on Sunday after a long battle with stroke.
Meanwhile, Kadenge will be buried on Saturday, July 20 in Soliani Village of Hamisi Sub-county in Vihiga County, his family has confirmed.
At a press conference at the deceased’s Nairobi home in Mariakani Estate, South ‘B’ the family said they had come up with a tentative programme that will guide on how the celebrated former Kenyan International will be given a befitting send-off.
Kadenge, 84, breathed his last on Sunday at the Meridian Hospital in Nairobi after long illness. The deceased’s nephew and family spokesman, Chris Mmbwanga, said they will to hold a funds drive on Tuesday evening next week to help offset some of the bills incurred by the death of the former Maragoli United and AFC Leopards midfielder (then Abaluhya United).
