Kenyan international Ian Otieno is likely to start in between the sticks when former Zambian champions Zesco United take on Kabwe Warriors on Saturday. Otieno missed the club’s last assignment against Maestro United under unclear circumstances with unconfirmed reports indicating that he had absconded duty following an error he made during a CAF Champions League game against Royal AM of South Africa.##NAJAVA_MECA_6767682##Otieno was guilty of a goalkeeping mistake against Royal as he handled a back pass that bore a freekick. The South African side scored from the resultant freekick, a goal that saw Zesco United crash out of the lucrative continental tournament on away goal rule.The custodian took to his social media accounts to apologize for the error that cost his side a place in the group stages of the Africa’s inter-club top tier competition. He missed the subsequent league game against Maestro leaving coach Alfred Lupiya who was appointed on an interim basis shortly after Champions League exit y to rely on Gregory Sanjase.Yema Mwamba returns to Kakamega Homeboyz for a second stintUnfortunately, both Lupiya and Sanjase saw red against Maestro and will therefore will be unavailable against Kabwe who interestingly are under the tutelage of former Zesco coach George Lwandamina. According to the NairobiNews, Otieno who resumed training in the course of the week will be bidding to garner playing time on Saturday.Title-winning Vihiga Queens captain Enez Mango completes move to RomaniaThe former AFC Leopards custodian said he was fully focused on helping the Ndola based team secure a win against Kabwe. “I’m now fine but the reasons in the media that I feared for my life after a mistake that was seen to have cost the team and the coach are not true. I’m focused on my performance and not what is in the media which is being used to sell the papers,” he told the publication.
