After being included in the Emerging Stars squad set to take part in the CECAFA Under 23 tournament slated for Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, David Okoth Odhiambo is now focusing his sights on a Harambee Stars call up.The Kenya Under-23 head coach Stanley Okumbi elected to include Wazito defender Bernard Ochieng and Ulinzi Stars fullback Harun Mwale alongside Odhiambo as the three senior players.CECAFA announced that teams participating in the tournament will be allowed to field three overage players as per the rules in the Olympics football tournament.David Okoth has earned a late Kenya U23 call-up.We wish him the best. #AbanaBeingo pic.twitter.com/QNXwWYMukO— Kakamega Homeboyz FC (@FcHomeboyz) June 23, 2021 Speaking to Mozzart Sport, the Homeboyz forward revealed that he is looking to nail down a place in the Harambee Stars squad after being trusted with a place in the Under-23 side.“My target is to give a good account of myself in the tournament so that I get another call up maybe next time in the senior team,”“I have had a good season though it is yet to come to an end, my target is to be among the top scorers because I’m not that far off the chasing pack because I have six goals so far,” said OdhiamboAfter holding a number of training sessions with the team, the Homeboyz forward has revealed that his biggest take home from training with the star studded squad was discipline and hard work.The goal machine has been a revelation this season, scoring six goals and is the current Homeboyz top scorer with his exploits in May bagging him the league’s player of the month.Full Time We bag three massive points in the capital Posta 1-3 Homeboyz Masinza OkothOkoth pic.twitter.com/t6lWrq4TX1— Kakamega Homeboyz FC (@FcHomeboyz) May 28, 2021 Odhiambo could not hide his delight after earning his maiden National Team call up which was a reward for his hard work behind the scenes.“I feel good being called to the National Team, every player will tell you that it is their dream to be called to represent the National Team on any level,”“I found out about the call up through a phone call and I was happy afterwards. It showed that the hard work I’ve been putting in has been paying off,” added Odhiambo.
