After making his second start in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League, fast-rising Bandari left back Rooney Otieno intends to stick in the first team going forward.Otieno who made his league debut last season against Kenya Police earned his second start in the league and his first in the campaign when Bandari took on the law enforcers on Monday at Kasarani Stadium.##NAJAVA_MECA_6886696##The budding defender started ahead of the experienced and first choice left back Siraj Mohamed who later came on the second half to help contain Police.Bandari have options in the left back as former national U20 team defender Boniface Mwangemi who has amassed years of top flight experience is also attached to the club.Dismayed Ababu Namwamba on the trail of billions sunk into incomplete stadiumsEven though Mwangemi and Siraj are ahead of him in terms of seniority, Otieno who joined Bandari’s senior team in January after impressing in the junior one says he has no business in warming the substitutes bench.”The competition for playing time is high but I believe my hard work will continue procuring minutes for me. I have been covering the extra mile as well as learning from the senior defenders. My aim to play more matches and ultimately help the team win the league title,” he said.The 23-year old was attached to the Tusker junior side before being roped into the Bandari Youth team that has from time to time churned out enterprising youngsters.Is Supersport coming back to Kenya? CS Namwamba gives cluesPrior to his Tusker stint, he feature for the Kisumu based Village Diamond, an outfit that plies trade in the Division Two league.Having watched his namesake Rooney Onyango join United Arab Emirates club Elite Falcons in November, Otieno in the meantime is hopeful of following the footsteps of the former Wazito right back.
