Football Kenya Federation Premier League side Nairobi City Stars paid a courtesy call to Laiser Hill Academy to return a hand following the signing of one of their alumni Timothy Noor Ouma two years ago.Ouma, also known as Babu, joined Simba wa Nairobi in August 2020 having been named the Chapa Dimba Rift Valley Most Valuable Player in March the same year after leading Laiser Hill’s comeback against Kapenguria Heroes to clinch the regional title after post-match penalties.Babu has since fitted in well to the Simba wa Nairobi family having improved on his debut season in 2020/21 FKF Premier League to become an integral part of the team.💥| @NrbCityStars’ Timothy ‘Babu’ Ouma is the only player in the 2021/2022 FKFPL season to have scored in each of the 3 games played so farAgainst Sofapaka,he scored in the 87′ minute,against Kenya Police in the 18′ and against Wazito in the 78′. Prolific#TimothyOuma #FKFPL pic.twitter.com/1zmcipBW8S— OptaKe (@ke_opta) October 22, 2021 City Stars team coordinator Samson Otieno said that the visit was aimed at encouraging current students to follow into the path of Babu, adding that they would keep engaging the school with a view of roping more players from them.“Our connection with Laiser Hill is Timothy Babu Ouma, whom we signed right after the cleared from the establishment in 2020. Our visit was to hand them a token of appreciation as a way of thanking them for providing us with a great performer. We hope it will encourage the lads still at the school to follow in Babu’s path. We will continue engaging with Laiser Hill with a view of tapping into their rich talent base in future.” Otieno is quoted on the club’s portalLaiser Hill’s Dean of Students and Director of Programmes Tony Kingori appreciated the gesture from the FKFPL team, wishing their former student and player better tidings ahead.“We are very grateful for the kind gesture from the management of City Stars FC. Timothy Ouma has been great revelation of talent from our school to this great club. We won many awards with him and wish him all the best in his future career,” King’ori said.🎯 | Back amongst the goals! Timothy ‘Babu’ Ouma was back in the goals sheet against Kakamega Homeboyz in Bukhungu. Many more to come.#CityStars #Babu #𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚 pic.twitter.com/8389vG9P5u— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) January 27, 2022 Babu started out strongly in the current campaign but has his scoring touch has fizzled a bit and currently has four goals to his name mostly scored earlier in the campaign and has set up a couple of others.His strong start in the campaign earned him a place in the national team and saw him feature in two matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, against Rwanda and Uganda.
