Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) side Nairobi City Stars have announced the signing of former Western Stima midfielder Augustine Kuta as their second and final addition in the currently open midseason January transfer window.Kuta, who has been brought in to galvanize the midfield options at the club, has been signed from National Super League side Kibera Black Stars and has been handed a short term contract till the end of the current 2021/2022 season.”It is a great honour to join Nairobi City Stars. I have always rated the club highly and cannot wait to get down to work with my new teammates,” the Business Management (Finance and Accounting) graduate from Moi University is quoted as saying on the club’s website.Augustine Kuta returns to the top-flight after three years, he has joined Nairobi City Stars.It has been a rough recovery path after undergoing a major knee operation.Glad to see him back!#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/QV3O385sI7— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) February 7, 2022 Apparently, the journey to becoming a Simba wa Nairobi player started way back for Kuta who had impressed during friendly games where the club took note of his talent. Unfortunately at the time, the club could not sign him due to the already full squad.“We took note of Kuta during preseason friendly games against Nation FC and KEFWA. But with a full squad, and in a bid to keep him close, the best we could do was recommended him to join Kibera BlackStars with whom we share a training ground. His chance to join us is here and we welcome him to Simba wa Nairobi,” team coordinator Samson Otieno revealed.GOAL!! Another brilliant Masterpiece from non other than Augustine Kuta who receives a well lofted pass from Stephen ‘Aguero’ Angulu to slot the ball home.We are leading 2_1 against @NrbCityStars #KefwaNonContractedPlayers#NairobiCityStars# pic.twitter.com/T7pzGQnSGP— KEFWA (@kefwaofficial) October 7, 2021 On his part, head coach Nicholas Muyoti expressed optimism that the player will live up to the anticipated hopes he is expected to bring to the club.”We have been tracking him in the last few months and have no doubt he will bring the much-needed punch as we head into the tougher and last half of the season,” the former Kakamega Homeboyz coach stated. New age at Juve has begun – two January signings seal the deal against VeronaKuta joins a Nairobi City Stars side who are currently in second place on 31 points, just three short of log leading Kakamega Homeboyz.Kuta, who joins after attacking midfielder Mohammed Bajaber, will don jersey no. 29 which was recently vacated by striker Ebrima Sanneh who parted ways with the club on mutual consent.
