Francis Ouma’s ghost pokes Western Stima

Mathare United’s International striker, Francis Ouma really tore apart Western Stima almost single handedly when he scored a hat-trick in a midweek clash yesterday against the Westerners in Bungoma. The seemingly harmless striker always catches many defences napping and his explicit speed of execution of the last touch in front of goal is terrifyingly clinical. His ruthlessness in scoring has taken him to the top of the KPL goal scorers chart with 14 goals ahead of Chemelil’s Mwangi who who has 13. The 3 nil win almost certainly assures Mathare United of the league title unless something goes terribly wrong. With 4 matches remaining on the card Mathare United lead Sony by 5 points. Mathare needs to win only 2 of their remaining matches and draw the last one to be assured of the league title.

The fast rising striker also hit the back of the net in Conakry, Guinea when Kenya lost 3-2 to Guinea in the last match of the second round of World Cup/African Cup of Nations qualifiers match. Kenya had already garnered enough points to see them through to the last 20 in the qualifiers before playing Guinea.

But Mathare United’s coach Francis Kimanzi only knows too well that early celebrations in football cannot be entertained before the last game. He has professionally maintained his silence in the media over his team’s performances and has let his team’s results do the talking.

Kimanzi, who also took the Kenyan National team Harambee Stars to the last 20 teams for the last group stages of the World Cup and African Nation’s Cup Qualifiers, has remained tight-lipped over his team’s achievements. His direct approach when dealing with his team on and off the pitch has been a major contributor in shaping his team’s discipline and a season capped with a lot of success.

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