In his pre-match comments, Nzoia’s new tactician Salim Babu made clear his intentions of derailing Kakamega Homeboyz’s title charge. And when his boys took to Bukhungu Stadium, they did exactly that and threw everything they had on the line to pick a point and see Homeboyz drop two at home as the two played to a one-all draw.Sylvester Owino scored for the hometeam in the first half before Levis Okello continued his purple patch in the second half with the equalizer to share the spoils.After the result, Bernard Mwalala’s charges continued their stay at the top, although they will feel they threw away a chance to pull away five points clear, while Nzoia remained third from bottom. The Millers extended their winless run to eight games, their last league win coming early in December last year against Kariobangi Sharks.Full Time:Kakamega Homeboyz 1-1 Nzoia Sugar Owino S pic.twitter.com/Btr6kUAg4L— Kakamega Homeboyz FC (@FcHomeboyz) February 6, 2022 New signing for the league leaders, Michael Isabwa, started off the bench and came on in the second half with the team being in dire need of a goal to secure three points at home.Kakamega Homeboyz struck first inside the initial 45 minutes courtesy of defender Sylvester Owino in the 36th minute to head into the break on the lead.Nzoia’s defenders had a tough outing and a busy afternoon in the first half, having to deal with the threat posed by Moses Mudavadi, Stephen Opoku, Yema Mwana, Gaetan Masha, and David Okoth and they did well to keep them at bay mostly.For the second half, Nzoia came back with the intent of leveling the scores to be in a position to go for the winner which has eluded them for close to two months now, and they did that as they equalized shortly into the second period.Levis Okello, fresh from hitting three against Talanta in Nzoia’s previous two games restored parity for the visitors after just 14 minutes in the second half.The goal was coming as Nzoia kept on pushing after the resumption for the second period, coming closing 54 minutes in when Okello played a defense-splitting pass to Hassan Beja but the latter could not find the back of the net.Five minutes after the equalizer, Bernard Mwalala made the first change for the league leaders, bringing in new signing Michael Isabwa and the duo of Ali Bhai and Christopher Masinza for David Okoth, Stephen Opoku, and Gaetan Masha as they sought to break the deadlock to regain the advantage.With seven minutes left to play in regular time, Babu rested Beja and brought in Ian Simiyu in his place as they sought to defend the point on the road.
