Mathare United’s new tactician Boniface Omondi is envisioning a Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) campaign where the team will not be caught up in the relegation dogfight, again.The 2008 Kenya Premier League champions confirmed the appointment of the 39-year-old coach at the helm of their technical bench for the next one year, the confirmation coming barely days to their first match in the 2022/2023 FKFPL season.Mathare United appoint Boniface Omondi as new head coach ahead of league returnIt was not the perfect start to life for the coach as his side fell to Nzoia Sugar in their opening match courtesy of goals by Boniface Munyendo and Joseph Mwangi with Douglas Koech scoring the consolation.Top of the list for Omondi in his first season in the top flight as the head coach is on ensuring that the Slum Boys do not find themselves in situations similar to what they have been in in the last two seasons where they had to fight to stay afloat.##NAJAVA_MECA_6906295##”The past two seasons have been tricky for Mathare. The previous season it had to go all the way to the final game to ensure the team remained in the league. Our focus is on making sure we do not get into that situation whereby we are always in the relegation zone and every game is like a final to us. I hope it will work that way,” he told Mozzart Sport.Sleek Nzoia Sugar edge Mathare to go secondDuring the 2020/21 campaign, two wins in the last two matches ensured they Premier League status remained for Mathare, beating Ulinzi Stars 1-0 in the penultimate game before thwacking Western Stima 5-2 in the last match of the season.After the loss to Nzoia in midweek, Mathare are now 17th on the log ahead of their second match of the season the other week when they take on Ulinzi Stars at Ulinzi Sports Complex, Lang’ata.
