Harambee Stars midfielder Duke Abuya has appealed to Kenyans to rally behind the team going forward despite the underwhelming performance in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.Stars flopped in their bid to advance to the elimination phase of the qualifiers after finishing third in group E behind Uganda and Mali and thus will be spectators in the global showpiece.Kenya managed to score a paltry three goals in the six rounds and at the same time conceded nine goals, performance that elicited anger from Kenyans who had hopes of the team making to the second round.##NAJAVA_MECA_5990927##Abuya observed it takes time for a team that is in the process of rebuilding to register positive results consistently and asked Kenyans to back the relatively younger team going forward.The Kenya Police midfielder who rued tough luck in some of the qualifiers tipped the team to flourish, starting from the next international window, next year.⚽️|Kenya Police only know about high profile signings.Abuya becomes the fifth name on their star-studded transfer list#KenyaPolice #DukeAbuya #FKFPLhttps://t.co/1ornZHrObP— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) October 30, 2021 ” I know we did not perform as expected but I plead with Kenyans to keep supporting the team. We have a young squad that is coming up well and will do better in the next assignments. We would have given a good account of ourselves in the qualifiers but we were unlucky to drop points in some matches, ” he said.Abuya who joined Police before the season began from former Zambian champions Nkana FC in the meantime believes that the exposure from the qualifiers will come in handy in the league.Duke ooga abuya, age 27, joined Kenya Police FC on 26th October 2021 from zambia soccer Champions Nkana FC.He’s an attacking midfielder has made it once again into the national team(Harambee stars) provisional squad under coach Firat Therefore looking forward to adding caps to 16 pic.twitter.com/tCLZ3SZiWY— KENYA POLICE FC (@kenyapolicefc) November 7, 2021 The former Kariobangi Sharks player who has not given up on his plan of return to professional football caught many by surprise when he joined the league newbies who were promoted to the top league after prevailing in the playoffs.Police broke the bank to rope in the services of former Lusaka Dynamos duo of Musa Mohammed and Duncan Otieno as well as John Makwata as well as other players in the last transfer window.
