After close to six-year hiatus, Nairobi City Stars will have an opportunity to host a top tier game at the Kasarani Stadium when they take on Gor Mahia on Sunday at the same facility.City Stars who were promoted to the top flight in 2020 last played at the 60,000-seater facility in October 30 2016 losing 3-1 to Kakamega Homeboyz, a defeat that confirmed the worst as they were relegated to the second tier following a poor season.Guess the player👀#SimbaWaNairobi pic.twitter.com/7PvhS0lpdK— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) May 26, 2022 The Kawangware based club had initially set to host the duel at Narok Stadium but according to the club’s Chief Executive Officer Patrick Korir, the unavailability of the venue that is apparently booked for a political function saw them turn to Kasarani.Interesting stats from Timothy ‘Babu’ Ouma#SimbaWaNairobi pic.twitter.com/GLzJ8lzN1v— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) May 25, 2022 Further, Simba wa Nairobi had to push the game that was earlier planned for Saturday back as Kasarani will be unavailable.“We have had to re-consider hosting the game in Nairobi after Narok County informed us our prior booking had been cancelled for a political function at the Narok Stadium on Saturday, we can now confirm the game will be played a day later, on Sunday 29 May 2022, at Kasarani (Main) Stadium as the venue is not available on Saturday,” he told the club media.Aye! Aye! Captain Brenda Angeshi sailing into dizzying depthsThe Nicholas Muyoti-coached side host Gor seeking to bounce back to winning ways after losing 3-2 to last season’s runner up KCB last weekend.Gor on the other hand will also be aiming to bag maximum points after surrendering their lead to eventually play Homeboyz to a one- all draw.
