 Welcome back and on to our segment here as Alia mentioned, I'm in the house with the members of the men's and women's JQAT and KU's role-ball team as well as Goa role-ball club. Welcome to Touchline, gentlemen and the lady. Great to have you. It's been a great season for the role-ball team. Season in Mekamilika 2023-2024 and the champions are known. And of course, JQAT team did win the men's title and the ladies' title went with KU. That's after regular season of course there is the playoffs. And Goa, former champions, Kwanafana Vizuri Sana, but somehow the competition at the top is so steep and they dropped a fifth that they missed out on the top three or on the title this time round. But we had to talk about how their season was and how they are looking for the forthcoming season as well as the forthcoming international champion. Remember that Kenya is the world champion in both the men's and women's category in this particular sport. Karibuni Sana. And I'll begin on my immediate right is Musakaguli. Musakaguli is the TM. That's Glory Outreach Assemblies, a team that's owned and run by a church. And the center is Wona Shalene, a player for KU. And of course on my further right is Bran Matiko, who is also a player for JQAT. Karibuni. And let's begin how the season was. Musakaguli. Goa, one who has dominated Sana when this particular sport was introduced, I would say it was a very good sport. But right now, when it comes to competition, the sport belongs to the youth and the students have really come out of it. See, the season was very good for Goa, both men and women, this time round. The season was tough. See, Kamamia Kayanuma. Sayi Timnii is in a training, especially at the university. One of the trainings was about facilitation. One of them was about time period. Tufaotina Sisi and Bapuotina Fanya Mazwez once in a month. And it depends on how much time you have left. Ina manisha, kwa mchizo ukofa from being pro, Ima oni yamao na roll ball, inna zo wo mzio. Nikuweli, inna zo wo mzio na, Nisha, ni upatikana jibwa bwanga. Demao, na wo mchizo, ume dominati, kwa university, kwa sababuwa, Lysa na kupata bwanga na. Ina jibwa wangjaga ni labda. Uwing yon afke labda ni wangjaka ida wa nyasi? Apana seniors, lazima ikwe tamak, ikwe wooden, amma cemented na ikwe na surface simzuli ambapo player kicheza hataweza kuhumia, kufano semi unitizaga ikwana kabloks, kabloks players kuhumia na piya taya wisha alaka. Oh, kabrol. It's not advisable, sure. Vona, congratulations again for being crowned the champions for this particular season and that's the first time. How, but did KU want this particular title? My team, team KU, we called it snipers. So it really worked so hard to get that position. It wasn't easy for us to make what we train, train, train. Ya, and finally, we thank God to be able to beat the topmost teams until we are very happy about it. How hard or how easy was it for you to dethrone Goa, who apparently topped the regular season? How competitive was it for you to beat some of the formidable names, your opponents in this particular league to the title? Ya, for the past few years since I joined Rollball, we were that good. So, I mean, joy, you know, they have experience for us, we are upcoming. Ya, and kubitwa sayome kwa kwa nini for some time, what kind of experience, it's not that easy. So, to put more effort in our training, to commit, I think the results were better. And Brian, I can see you with a green on your face. That's how champions react. But anyway, how would you sum up the season? Or would you say about how the season was for Jekuata? I know you were crowned champions for the fifth time. Okay, the season you kwa taf, kwa taf sana. Okay, for me, I've played since 2019. I joined Jekuata 2019. So, I started playing, I think 2020. So, I've been playing. The more you play, the more, like, kuna viniwatu wa nandela kukusama. So, time me mengia roll bowl, it was easier for me to win. So, I was like, you know, when you play, you grow. When you grow, what you wanna, eh, you can feel it, but with time, you wanna, you wanna nandela kukusama. So, you wanna learn kutia, you wanna learn viniwatu, you wanna defend. So, you wanna nandela kwa taf. So, by now, like, Jekuata, to make kwa, as much as to win, it was tough. Kwa tu alikwa manzakutusama. So, ilikwa kuna gemi na Jekuata, mna jwei tu mewin, lakini, inakwa mngumu, napara tu manzakufungwa. So, you time, tu nandatina kukumbaak, inakwa ningumu. So, for this league, gime kwa... Ime kwa hard. It's hard, but to me manage. But to me manage. So, you're also a key member of the national team, you know, and you played a very good role in helping Kenya win their first title, first World Cup title. How bad or how great was it for the men to win it, they've been so close but too far most of the past previous editions, but this time you did lay your hand on it, how wonderful was it for Team Kenya to do that, to get the title. It was, it was exetment, it was not a fit. For the first time men to be part of your cup, so at first time we are training, you training to be bigger, to be bigger training to get to know what's going on in your cup, at that you lose to get to fight to fight in your cup, so from training to get to mindset to get to know what's going on in your cup, so you have discipline, you have to come up with training, fit, you have to get to know what's going on in your team, so to train for that time then to come, because might not run enough. At what point maybe in the championship did you know that you're going to win, because I watched the final again in some stage in KwaTai, and I knew these guys at home, the whole was like backing their own you know, but what really made you to come back and know that you're going to win it? Okay, from my view, from group stages it was not that I was going to lose, but I came to the finals and I felt a lot of pressure, I think I was going to win 4-2, but I was going to win 4-4, so from there I felt a lot of tension, at that time I felt I was going to lose up, I felt this game, this game I felt I was going to win. So from us we had experience, at that time I felt I was going to win this game, I was going to win this world cup, so I felt I was going to win this game, I felt I was going to win, I felt I was going to win. Yes, and of course we were going for it for so long, wanting it for so long then getting it, then after you get it what next? Okay, so we keep on training more, for now kuna iso team, India, so say wana Jua Kenia, Nuiwakali, India, Iran, so they were tender to train, as much as we were going to train, we were still not able to train. So we were not able to let you to train, but at the time I was saying wana Tusoma, wana Pata Tume, to Mungeza, kuna stay flying to Mungeza, so ina kwangumu kutupiga. Ina kwangumu kutupiga. Ina kwangumu kutupiga. Ina kwangumu kutupiga. Ila opositions in India, what some of the countries that maybe if Kenya just keeps sleeping Kedogo it will be tough for Kenya to come back again? Kuntri team like Egypt, Iran and Senegal, Senegal and India, ya India. This one of the teams will be tough, kuna competition a lot of competition, to keep sleeping Kedogo, he may end up. Nice one. Musa, you know you've been around, you've seen killer kitu wana jua, but now domestically what should happen for goa, like hapa kwa ligi ligi kitu ya Kenya, right? What nini na fa kuhapendo vilabu, ifi kili levo labdo kiyangali ya, how, say me India where in sport iime tokia siyo, like how they run their ligi na viletu na run ligi kitu ku. Ni nini neza kwa borrowed from them do i kwe beta, ku ku. Kupandewa Kenya at West Financial ligi etu nanchiyote le dunia ni kwa sababu ni tough. Hata India wana ligi kama hi etu, ligi ya wiki dogo ikodawun. Sasa Egypt pekiyake nidi yo nichi ambo tunia yo gopa sayizi, maybe in the next lab five years or ten years wata kuja kuwa, baka lakini kuwa sayizi, bado ligi etu ni nguma kuna kitu tukaku tokakwao. Bati kiki kuja kama club kitu kwanza, teams iime improve sana, to 14 na zamani, sayizi club na ungezeka na university na ungezeka. For example, iimuaka kuna team nitu a Phoenix, ambayo iime kuwa namba 2. Phoenix iime tokakwa blanch, wachi sayizi wa SPU wakitambo wakashkama. So it calls university? Yes. Okay. Wali tokalafo me foam club, sasa waki wange. In nitu a Phoenix. So no, nimzuri. Sana, sana. So bado ligi kuisha, ligi kianza, pweta pata team zingine, ambazo ni mimpia, zime tokakwa university ama club zingine. Nga muna kwa mene kuwa kiki dominate sana siyo, kupanda wana ume nini kiliwa pwanza lakini usimu liopita. Kali bu players wait wengi wali pata kazi, same to 40. Confano. Confano atenya. Mainstay wa national team, siyo? Yes. Goalkeeper? No. Mosa atenya? Yes. Ukuji akina albati omwali, nama kumuka. Ya nama kumuka. 2015 na li tisha sana uko India. Sehizi akuna maju kumia familiar. So kumpata unan pata gemu moja mamili. Nga wengi nomi na flowboard. Ukuji Musa, Musa Kabaila. Musa Kabaila wa hap, and also Philip. Philip wakatu. Yes. Very good players. So hawa nwali players. Ambol kwa potentiala Juei. Uwame owa, nama meanza zingine familiar. Mainstay li songa. Mainstay li songa. Nga wengi nomi na kumpata. Nga wengi nama hamgeru di kuatawa wengi na malimu li toa kina Kabaila na kina Philip. Players kumonzisha rollboard, sika ma futbol. Nga zima pata experience imzuna. Ukuja na otu kama kina matiko. Ukichi kumitua mbaya Juei kuskit. Nama unan mwanzisha. Kila wakata kwa na pita na e. Zesemtuna ladies. Akina Stella. Janet Mandegwa. Johan. Oto na kumuka. Nama kumuka. Wadi enda uli taia kusawia manjokumu ya kikafamiliya. Kambana songa kwenja ngingi nasiyo. Yaya. Vona labda, how did you pick up rollboard? It begins with skating right? Yaya. First lazumu ju kuskit. Nama one. Nama two. Stabiliti. Speed. That's kwa game now. So ugro lazumu kwe very stable kwa game na lazumu kwe na speed. So for you skating uli pick up ukiwa how old? I actually started skating. Niki joined KU. Can I also learn how to skate? I'm sorry. Yes. Go on. Ya so I joined 2020 KU. Nika joined rollboard immediately. So I started skating for like a week or something. Niki ngingi zoa game. Nika pick from there. You playing another sport? No. Ya. But you picked rollboard. I picked rollboard. It attracted because you learned how to skate so fast? Ya. And it's interesting. It's an interesting game so. Nice one. How about brand? Okay. To me nimi kwa niki seza, nimi kwa mtua sports. Toka niki kwa mdogo. Niki kwa mdogo niki seza football. Niki ngingia school niki kwa pata basketball na football. Okay. Izo niki kwa na participates na kwa sports. In high school. Ya in high school. But the rest of the games niki kwa tu na jaribu. Na jaribu. Of each high school nimi jaribu games out. Niki kwa niki seza games out. But niki kwa na participates niki kwa sports niki. Football na bake. So niki kwa join campus. Niki kwa niki join football na bake. So niki kwa pata na coach. Coach wang seza wa hunters. Niki kwa coach babu. Ya. Hunter is a club. Ya. Hunter is a club. Is a football club. No. Roll ball club. Roll ball club. So kwa kwa ligi? Kwa kwa ligi. Kwa ligi. Jekot hunters. Jekot hunters. Ya. Niki kwa pata na coach. Coach babu masharia. So niki kwa kwa kwa actually wa na recruits. The first years. Niki niliwa na skate. Niki niliwa niki interested kwa joko skate. Niki kwa na joko na game ito roll ball. Niki niki kwa mongelesha. Niki kwa tafta for some time. Niki kwa kwa nyambia. Kuhneza jari bukawa lichiza baki. Kwa kwa nipiligut kwa roll ball. Niki kwa. Niki kwa jifunza skating. Kido kido kwa niki yatim. Ya. So apondo ja niyangu liyang. Apondo passionili toki ati? Ya. Okay. At first niliwa na i game ni risky. So uli kuno na tuasia niya na skates oki break. Gira na nga kuka. But venili yi ya. Yana ni game interest. And now the titles came. Ya. Iyo ina manisha ni ni? Ni. Okay. Kuna that exact met. Ya. Na piyaza. Na piyaza wadi for your gift. Iyo. Musa. I mean we'll go as asa what next? What should happen to go now? Nami pangu ya kun bounce back urejele ma loli kwa. Set ua kochi ni lakini. Ni ushindani umi kwa mkali. But now labda kuna mi kakati uteba ina fano. So that wadudia ma li kumfano usajili wa chizajiwa changa. Iyo. Uchi pukizi. Ata mneza pocha. Ya. Mwapati alam. Tuko kuni uo mchakato. Kila mwakarigi kisha. Uo kuna kwa na windows kwa jiri ya kuchuku wa player. What is in new players. Asa kumfano. Vona atwezim tuku asa. Is kusu abu baddo anasoma KU. So mostly hata JIE kwa ujumla kama ladies. Ninety percent ui chikopto kaka KU. Wanyi kwa me maiza shule. Iyo taima kina jwa na kinastera. Umetrika KU. So wadudu nangudia wala mboko kwa ma university. Waki maiza shule. Akiwa willing to join JIE kuna mchuku wa na join. Aima akiwa willing kuenda timi ngingine. Asa saba powezi kuna. Otherwise uta muachidiwa mchiza kini. Wengi wana tuku aso. Tuna nangudia federation. Itangaze windows. Tuwezi kusajili wa chizajiwa apia. Pajili ya sezoni ngingine. Yes. Ofkosa Brian and Wona are in school. This means the university. This means that you guys are exceptional in school. Wona. Ya. Not really. For the games. If I want to join JIE, I can join anytime I want to. It's not fixed that. Oh, lazima ni kai KU, ni chiza KU. If I want to join any club, I can join anytime. What do you study at KU? I'm doing computing and information science. That's the future. That's where robotics and all that. Coding and everything. How do you mix with roll ball? And you look at roll ball and your education. You see roll ball, holding on to roll. Maybe becoming an administrator of the game. Becoming a referee or coach. Being part and parcel of the game to the end. Okay, sometimes it's very difficult to balance between classes and games. Because sometimes you have classes around 3 to 5 at the same time you're supposed to train. So lazima wei eh today. 3 times a week, like Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, you have classes during that time. Lazima wei hache siende roll ball. But if you don't have classes, then ya. You just go train there. Brand, how do you manage it? Okay, let's begin with what you study. Okay, actually I've graduated. I've graduated in human resource and management. Ya, I've graduated in December 2023. Ya, so when I was in campus, actually I was balancing my sports and classes. Mara moja moja ilene, kuna zile klasi zene, maybe like, I'm out ilene wa, kuna zingine zene, kuna zene in the training. But kuna zene, but most of my classes ili kwa subui. So inapata, Melita mi na fika po. Afternoon. Afternoon, kufri. So I just go for training. And what kind of experience have you gained turning out for the club and now turning out for the national team and now you just finished school? What kind of opportunities does roll ball offer you? Okay, na zase ma opportunities zene ziko kwa skating. Yes, yes. Not roll ball. Okay, in skating kuna, kuna job mingiza skating. Kuna skating, kuna job za kufundisha wa toto. The young ones, kuna kufundisha wa kuskates. Kuna za marketing, distributing flowers, road shows, mingi to mefanya. So kuna za jobs mingi. Ya, so you know, kwa experience kwa roll ball, nime pata yo time, wuna watch games za, kwa kichaza roll ball. You learn from them, then wuna kujuna train. I love pia, kuna, okay, roll ball wuna za watch kima kama baki. Wuna za play skills za baki kwa roll ball. So I watch most of them, basket ball and hand ball. Ata kwa futu ball. Kuna passi nye msen, za piga na mgu, wia play kwa roll ball, bati upatia na na mkawana. So wuna kwa, wuki watchi game, wuna ease passi ni kali. So acha ni jaribu kwa roll ball. So wuna kwa ease ya. Ya, so even do mina, kugro na kupa ta experience. Ya. Musa, I remember one day to, we went to, kutumia kaza kwanza kwanza, we went to Kigali for the East Africa Championship. And we, I saw, I saw determination, nili onwatu wana taka kwa achieve, watu wana taka kwa jam, yo bendera. Now there are people fighting for the flag. And I remember we, the team travelled with no, at that time, you know, every sport, ili na kama upu na, na, na strago za kwanza kwanza. Siyo. And at that time, kukuna proper way, yaku communicate to the government or get the government to come in wa pe anema Jay-Z and all that. But, you know, that's been, like nine years later, tumefika apa, nuon na mukenda, international championships, akuna keleleta, na, you know, team is kited, na piya, ligi na diliawezuri. How does that, wone za semaget na yo, ya e-sportapa, so fuck, kusai. Nikweli, kituwa kwanza, na penda ni bishkulu, moshimiwa, ababu na moamba, ame kua, nguzo kua sana kwa roll ball. Kituwa mbachu, zamani, kituwa kutua, awards, the other years, yo, you're given some money. Indio. Nice one. Players will put allowance, will smile. Uyu, ame, fahedika ele matunda yote, enye situli ipegania, mukua na mba moja, mukua fahedika. That's why you are the pioneer. Dumanamu kua kwanza. Ya, kituwa pili, tumesa kungia mba kwa suwa awards. Ladies na men, wota mukua na mbatu, kwa suwa awards. Yes, yata tu, tumepata kochi, ame piya mbingi ya kwa suwa awards, tia mkwa na mbatu, mendoa mati na bunde. Ya. Ulu, izia kwa matakos, izgamesa shubu. You used to be with black mamba, handball, indio. Kwa yo, nikia angaliya miaka kumiliu pitan na saaizi, bitui miaza kuchhenji, minutes of sports imetutambua vizuri. Kutokana na matokeo nus? Kutokana na matokeo na zilebidi tu lifanya, umo niyo na kumbuka, imeshiya ipekiya na shinotimu kanyumba yangu, 2016, prezo mekula me lala, eskiya mwisho, kuntri niye zota zirukula kwangu, Ibdanda, Luanda, Tangania, bata saizi, wota wanhe kwa camping, wanha kula vizuri, wanha pata alawans, wanha pewa ya kuenda, ya ku tumia wukuna akifika, wanha pata kwa accounti kuna kitu. Ya, and maybe just to add, goa piya, ta gana? Dio, Ya, I mean he was so big sana, yo time I remember he was the one who gave the team, ali kwa nara national team, dio, ilu kwa ni, Safari ote angel Ya, even a lances and everything, I mean ilu kwa, da was so, nikitwamba hi jai happen ten, and I think tu kwa damingi sana kabla tu yonetena, like an individual, dedicate all his resources to helping a national team, wana jwa. But now the future na kaji, kwa pandewangu ni kengali future iku visuli, tuni nire visuli, tuni na tu kwa shkulu atu, ilu atatu kama dha gana, David Elzara, Bishopu Ajioe, CEO, Johnny Wanjoe, yo na kumbuka. Sa ii, piya kwa tu wa roll ball, ali wa offer juzi, mo niya mesumia kliminoloji, kujiam pati e kazi, unora. Na tari watu wami pati kana? Watu wami hanza, wami hanza pleta maombi, kwa game, kuna opportunity mingi sana kwa players wami hanza kuipata. Tofouti na hile kitabu ya nyuma. Muna nda, 24 hours, hata oizikula switch kwanji, auna kitu, 2013, timu ilenda piya luhanda, kuchiza competition, ingine before to host World Cup. Kili mta lemboa, 12 pesaik confuku, kama kuna lufusaba uta nda, kama hauna utabaki. Ya, subinilewa. So, demawana 2015, bishu kudagana ali seima, badala kila player agilipi e mainewe, ya atalipa. Ya, subinilewa. Akalipa 20, na tukapata uniform, yo time tukatu na uniform. I remember kumunava uniform ya Kenil kwa ni club. Club, sasa club, yo ni national team kwa. I remember, I have the memory of that particular judge. Kwanzi ya 2017, tukapata full kit. Ya, from the government. Yes, from the government. Yes, inne, track suit, rubber, imuaka, last year, wala ungeza mpa ka skates, wali pa mpa ka skates, na socks. Subinilewa. So, vili nendelewa, na zidi kuwa, buzuli zahidi, alafu game na yo, na zidi kupa, nuka na ukuna usindani zahidi. Ya, na yo na fanya, yo support inakuja, because people support what they can see, what's moving. So, as we go to a close, vona, what does next season present for KU? How do you see the season being? You know, you're going now to maybe produce a bigger number of players to the national team or what's the plan now? Coz now you're at the peak. What next? Ya, next season, it's not gonna be easy. Now that to me win this season, jua, KU, KU now now goes on. So, I think that kutakuna competition kali sana, na, yo competition do na fanya CC players piyatuna grow, zahidi. And I believe next year, yo yo national league next year to produce so many players in KU. Already we have two players Yvonne and Sinta and well to present well, I believe the next time today almost full players. Yes indeed. And maybe before, two key players, maybe two or three some of your colleagues who are very instrumental apart from you in winning the title. We have Sinta and Yvonne. Ya, the best. The margin stops corners and also great in the field. Ya, without forgetting Shiro and the coach. Ya. By the way Sinta the best player was this season MVP. MVP, yes. So you had an MVP in your team. Yes. Congratulations to them. Thank you. I think the main task will be whether she can reproduce that form again next season, right? But of course that's with no doubt because they come up goa, one of a kukujap, bela, they all need to pull up their socks. Brand, what are some of the how does the next season pretend? Winning and winning and winning and winning the season in and out sometimes becomes like monoton. Okay. There's no monoton in winning. Each win is especially, it's always. Ya. So next season it's tough but kuna young players tumo in power tumo in the left to train. So long as we join role-ball tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left to train tumo in the left na mtumu nye na elewa, na tizana mtumu nye na juwa, wini kimpatia pasive ya tafunga, kimpatia position fulani, hada patia na wiya a funga, so kuna that teamwork. Na yon de kitumifanya tumi kwa tuki, tuki wini. So, aondo players, so long asu me liwanana players wako, na kuna discipline, na neza skillism tuia hote. So, actually kwa training, sezi kwa training, nimutu hote na neza run training. So na patata ni firstia kwa na idea, aata mwenya kwa fo tia, aata skillism, aata coach, aata kata uchini, aona kitu, na funa, na demonstrate. So, kama ni kitu impontant kila mpa ta funa. So, yon do na believe dime funa like 2 kwa place 2 kwa, kuna that discipline. Na pili kwa together za team, siyo. Thank you so much, Brand, Vona and Musa. Siyo, we hope to see you again when the season begins. We hope to host you and talk about your plans for the new season. But all the best in your forthcoming assignments, international, as well as the domestic league. That's the role-ball team. Jaikwat men's champions for the fifth time and KU, of course they won it for the first time, and Vona has been speaking about how their season was and how they just did that. And also team manager for Goa Musa Kaguli, who did lay down procedures and how they're planning to come back next season, and still maintain their good run. They've been former champions. So they'll be able to bounce back next season. We'll be able to discuss that and know if the season begins. Up next, we'll be talking to... Tairas will be back here and we're tackling fan zone. Don't go too far.