WORLD CUP TROPHY TOUR-A TRULY MAGICAL EXPERIENCE IN KENYA BY WANJIKU THUKU
Coca-Cola Company is one of the biggest franchises worldwide with the main world cup games kicking off in Qatar in November this year. What better way of ushering in the world cup into Africa than doing a huge world cup trophy tour for people to see it in its purest glorious gold form.
Football fanatics were treated to a fully blown once in a lifetime experience recently with lots of song, dance, live performances by Sauti Sol, sol generation-Bensoul and Nviiri the Storyteller, Kabaya and Fena Gitu with infectious DJ mixes by the one and only DJ Grauchy, Mc-Sheila Kwamboka of vybz radio.
There was so much activity like PlayStation FIFA Video games, football challenges to ‘Pepeta’ or toss the ball around, fooseball games for both young and old people/adults, special interviews with the FIFA officials, a special presentation of a wooden football stool, an arsenal book and aero plane made of scrap metal revolving on a world map on a FIFA football pitch. A man called Bernard Oduor who is a huge football fan of arson Wenger (arsenal) is the brains behind this masterpiece.
There was special merchandise to be won like Hisense 43’ inch UHDTVs to be won plus rucksacks ,tshirts ,caps amongst many other cool items.Food,drinks,dance competitions, it was a fun-filled day as people took photos with the cup using their phones standing at 1.5Metres social distance from the trophy which was heavily guarded in a bullet proof fibre glass case plus rings around it,security,usher ladies and FIFA officials to answer any questions about it.It was definitely one for the books-epic moment for Kenyans.
