Players who played for Simba in previous years have expressed their opinion asking the management of Simba not to retire the jersey of midfielder Jonas Mkude who left Simba after his contract ended
Mkude has served Simba for 13 years, so the management saw it was an idea to honor him, the jersey should not be used now until they see fit
However, some players who have served Simba successfully have said that the management should not retire the jersey, it should continue to be used
Former Simba defender George Masatu has said that the process of retiring the jersey takes place when a player dies, as was the case with the late Patrick Mafisango, whose jersey was retired for several years before being used again
"I don't see a reason to rest the jersey until another player is found from the youth team, if he is not found with a quality like Mkude, it means it will not be used forever, the jerseys that are usually put aside are those of deceased players like Patrick Mafisango so that the fans don't remember the pain"< /em>
"I just advise the leaders of Simba to calm down on their decisions for now, leave the players for basic reasons and the recruits who will really help their team," said Masatu in an interview with Mwanaspoti strong>
And the veteran striker Emmanuel Gabriel questioned; "They are putting the jersey aside so what happens?, There is no reason but I see that politics is going on in Simba, the way they left him was wrong so they are looking for a way to clean themselves up, let the jersey be used by another player"
em>Veteran Primius Kasonso is the one who started wearing jersey number 20 playing for Simba from 2003 to 2007, he has expressed his displeasure with what was decided by the leaders.
"Mkude is not the originator of that jersey, I started wearing it and I did not appear in the U20 and there is no guarantee of finding a better player like Mkude, I would like the jersey to be given to another player in Simba because it is a number that is also used by many teams"
"I took that number because in those years no Simba player was using it, there were two 20 and 25 used by the late Christopher Alex," said Kasonso
