Harambee Stars combative defender Joash Onyango was unable to add a second Player of the Month gong to his trophy collection as he finished third in Simba’s October player award for the month of October.Nominated alongside two of his teammates for his Tanzanian outfit, the Kenyan international came in third place behind rugged midfielder Mzamiru Yassin and Ghanaian attacker Augustine Okrah.Mazmiru Yassin © Simba The combative Yassin won the award after garnering 64.60% of the total votes cast as Okrah came second (20.57%) with Joash closing the list on 14.83% of the total votes.”Defensive midfielder Yassin Mzamiru has been selected as the October Fans Player of the Month. Yassin fended off challenge from attacking midfielder Ausgustine Okrah and centre back Joash Onyango who also got to the finals of the award,” Simba posted on their website.Namwamba reinstates ousted FKF officials as Mwendwa steps asideOnyango, who had a torrid start of life in the 2022/2023 campaign after falling out of former coach Zoran Maki’s favour, had clinched the second edition of the award back in March 2021 after beating goalkeeper Aishi Manula and Luis Miquissone in the votes cast by the fans.The hard man grappled with lack of game time as coach Maki preferred to partner Congolese national Henock Inonga and Mohamed Ouattara at the heart of the defence, resulting to the former Gor Mahia player handing in a transfer request due to the limited game time in the start of the season.##NAJAVA_MECA_6787020##However, Onyango’s tides changed for the better following the exit of Maki in September, barely 67 days after taking over the reins at Wekundu wa Msimbazi.The departure of the Serbian tactician paved way for former Coastal Union tactician Juma Mgunda who reinstated Onyango back to the first team at the expense of Ouattara.The partnership between Onyango and Inonga has been flourishing under Mgunda with the individual performance of the former Western Stima man earning the recognition of the sponsors of the monthly award.Rael Nkoi: Former Gaspo defender defying odds to grow women football in TurkanaYassin will walk away home with TZS.2,000,000 (around Ksh.104,000) and a personalized trophy.
