Reigning National Super League top scorer Elly Saenyi has joined four-time Kenyan champions Ulinzi Stars after weeks of training with the soldiers.Saenyi had proved a hotcake in the player transfer market courtesy of the 26 goals he banged in the second tier in the last season while attached to Mwatate United.Ulinzi Stars, Posta Rangers, Bidco United and Fortune Sacco were all jostling for the player’s signature but it is the soldiers who had the last laugh as they managed to convince the forward to join the club.##NAJAVA_MECA_6563994##Saenyi said he had made up his mind to join Ulinzi but did not reveal what attracted him to the club that struggled to score goals last season.”I have joined Ulinzi Stars after training with them for a couple of weeks. I am happy to be returning to the top league after a season in the lower tier,” he said.Saenyi who was attached to Zoo FC last year in the meantime revealed that he was polishing his goal scoring instincts as he seeks to hit double digits.Three top flight clubs jostling to acquire Super League top scorer Elly SaenyiThe 21-year old believes that he will be a solution to the club’s blunt striking front that will not only have him but also the duo of Boniface Muchiri and Hillary Simiyu who were integrated in the squad upon finishing the military training.”I really hope that I will carry the form I had in the second tier to the top flight. I am working hard just to be in good shape before the league starts. My aim is to score more than ten goals in my first season with the club,” he said.
