Praise for legendary goalkeeper Siang’a as he joins football greats

KENYA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME James Siang'a, (seated second left) with his wife and son, former Harambee Stars and Kenya Breweries goalkeeper and Kenya Football Hall of Fame co-convener Duane Cummings from USA (seated left) after he was inducted into the Kenya Football Hall of Fame in Nairobi on Saturday, October 10, 2015.

The local sports fraternity was united on Saturday to celebrate the induction into the Kenya Football Hall of Fame, of the legendary goalkeeper James Siang’a during a modest yet colourful ceremony in Nairobi.

Siang’a, a trailblazer of sorts in nurturing sports talent, starred for Kenya at her first ever Africa Cup of Nations in 1972 and led Tanzania’s Simba SC of CAF Champions League group stages, a first and only to date in East Africa.