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UGALI IN RIO OLYMPICS CAFETERIA EXCITES TEAM KENYA
Kenyan athletes have nothing to worry about while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for 2016 Summer Olympics as cafeterias in the Olympic Village are serving ugali.
This week, the Kenya sevens rugby women’s head coach Mike Shamiah shared photos of ugali on a buffet table.
The pictures showed the Kenyan delicacy captioned: “Ugali-corn meal mush-African”. Another photo showed a serving of the ugali, some greens and meat curry.
The pictures drew excitement on social media with some users wondering if it tasted and looked like the real deal. Former Kenya Sevens women team manager Doris Mwanzia posed: “iyo ni ugali kweli? Looks like rice or mashed potatoes!!”
Kenyan athletes have in the past complained of bad food while on international duty. In May this year, Malkia Strikers, the women’s volleyball team, complained of poor food in Mexico.
“The food was too spicy, too salty and was also served in very small portions. The only food we were comfortable with in that menu was bread so we had no option but to look for a familiar meal at Macdonalds. We would prefer food we are all familiar with especially when we have crucial matches ahead of us,” Mercy Moi told Capital Sports.
In 2015, Harambee Stars lodged a complaint with FIFA and Confedreation of African Football over bad food that they were subjected to while in Lagos, Nigeria.
Kenyan athletes have nothing to worry about while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for 2016 Summer Olympics as cafeterias in the Olympic Village are serving ugali.
This week, the Kenya sevens rugby women’s head coach Mike Shamiah shared photos of ugali on a buffet table.
The pictures showed the Kenyan delicacy captioned: “Ugali-corn meal mush-African”. Another photo showed a serving of the ugali, some greens and meat curry.
The pictures drew excitement on social media with some users wondering if it tasted and looked like the real deal. Former Kenya Sevens women team manager Doris Mwanzia posed: “iyo ni ugali kweli? Looks like rice or mashed potatoes!!”
Kenyan athletes have in the past complained of bad food while on international duty. In May this year, Malkia Strikers, the women’s volleyball team, complained of poor food in Mexico.
“The food was too spicy, too salty and was also served in very small portions. The only food we were comfortable with in that menu was bread so we had no option but to look for a familiar meal at Macdonalds. We would prefer food we are all familiar with especially when we have crucial matches ahead of us,” Mercy Moi told Capital Sports.
In 2015, Harambee Stars lodged a complaint with FIFA and Confedreation of African Football over bad food that they were subjected to while in Lagos, Nigeria.
