Kenya U23 Emerging Stars coach Stanley Okumbi has called up four senior players to the team’s camp while making an addition of ten more players as preparations for the upcoming CECAFA Senior championships in Ethiopia gain momentum.Ulinzi Stars’ left back Harun Mwale and Wazito’s Bernard Ochieng are the defensive options from the senior side while Kakamega Homeboyz’s David Odhiambo and Abdallah Hassan offer senior options in attack.Congratulations to our players Bernard Ochieng and Musa Masika who have earned call-ups to the Kenya U23 team, the Emerging Stars that’s currently preparing for the Cecafa U23 Championship. Ochieng is one of the four senior players summoned.#Wazito4life pic.twitter.com/RakDXcdFK7— WAZITO FOOTBALL CLUB (@wazitofc) June 23, 2021 Although this year’s edition has been reserved for players under the age of 23 years the participating teams will be allowed a maximum of three senior players.AFC Leopards duo of teenage sensation Lewis Bandi and Austine Ochieng are among the ten players called up in the additional squad.Wazito’s Musa Masika, Gor Mahia’s Frank Odhiambo and Alpha Onyango and Bandari’s Keegan Ndemi complete the list of junior players called up, most of whom were in Okumbi’s team for CECAFA U20 team that did duty in Tanzania last year.Kenya U23 team training at Ruaraka Grounds. Immediate former Mathare United assistant coach Salim Ali is part of the technical bench and so is Gor Mahia keepers’ trainer Jerry Onyango.#EmergingStars pic.twitter.com/yAebcAdGoN— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) June 21, 2021 The six additional players called up have been instrumental for their teams in the league and their initial exclusion came as a surprise to many.EMERGING STARS: Five surprise ommissions by OkumbiThe team is set to depart for Ethiopia on June 30, in time for the regional showpiece that will take place between July 3, and July 18, 2021.
