{"id":9550,"date":"2026-06-21T12:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=9550"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:44:27","slug":"mathare-combined-liftkothbiro-annual-46th-edition-at-ziwani-umeme-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/mathare-combined-liftkothbiro-annual-46th-edition-at-ziwani-umeme-grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathare combined liftKothbiro annual 46th edition at Ziwani Umeme Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mathare combined lift Kothbiro annual 46th edition at Ziwani Umeme Grounds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.55.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.55.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.55-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.55-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.55-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.55-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s Cheers at the Ziwani Umeme Grounds after Mathare Combined players erupted with joy after receiving the Kothbiro trophy from Makadara legislator Hon.George Aladwa.<br>Apart from the trophy they pocketed ksh 300,000 for the win while Kiambio Worriers finished second with a token of sh.200,000 while Mbuta FC came third by receiving sh.100,000.The tournament resumes in a matter of weeks at the Ziwani Umeme Grounds after getting assurance from three sponsors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coached by Reuben Ruhen,Mathare Combined FC lifted last year&#8217;s 46th edition of the annual Kothbiro soccer tournament staged at the Ziwani Umeme Grounds,Nairobi county.<br>The glamour event watched by a mammoth crowd was graced by Makadara legislator Hon. George Aladwa among other dignitaries.<br>Both teams settled for a barren draw in the normal regulation time before heading to the dreaded spot kicks.<br>Mathare deserved to win the tie in the normal regulation time after dominating the match which was sponsored by UNDA Bet to the tune of ksh.600,000.<br>The winners (Mathare Combined) pocketed sh.300,000 while second placed Kiambio Worriers got sh.200,000 while Mbuta FC went home with 100,000 for finishing third respectively .<br>Last year&#8217;s final was not played following sponsorship issues.The finals was rescheduled to yesterday (Saturday).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.56-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.56-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.56-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.56-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.56-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-21-at-12.46.56.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s Cheers at the Ziwani Umeme Grounds after Mathare Combined players erupted with joy after receiving the Kothbiro trophy from Makadara legislator Hon.George Aladwa.<br>Apart from the trophy they pocketed ksh 300,000 for the win while Kiambio Worriers finished second with a token of sh.200,000 while Mbuta FC came third by receiving sh.100,000.The tournament resumes in a matter of weeks at the Ziwani Umeme Grounds after getting assurance from three sponsors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the tournaments cordinator Issa Musa,the next edition is set to kick off in a few weeks time.<br>He apologized for the delay in staging last year&#8217;s grand finale but promised a better improved edition this year since they have several sponsors in the pipeline.<br>&#8220;We are currently negotiating with three sponsors who are willing to come in.Im appealing to teams to start preparing for the coming tournament.This time I promise all will be well,we shall update you since at least we ave sponsors in the pipeline&#8221; Observed Issa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathare combined lift Kothbiro annual 46th edition at Ziwani Umeme Grounds It&#8217;s Cheers at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9554,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9550\/revisions\/9554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}