Following their entertaining 3-3 draw against Kariobangi Sharks, Vihiga Bullets head coach George Owoko Oduor has laid bare their financial plight that the team has suffered thus far this season.The Vihiga-based club are currently without a sponsor with their main source of funding coming from former Vihiga Governor Moses Akaranga who helped the club earn promotion to the top flight in the 2020-2021 season.Masud suffers penalty miss, Ayunga at the end of 4-0 beating but Joash Onyango in blissOwoko revealed that were it not for the current Vihiga Governor Wilber Otichilo, they would have dished out a walk over against Sharks as he highlighted the sorry state of the team.“The boys are really suffering, we were not supposed to honour the Sharks fixture but I thank Otichilo who donated Ksh100,000 for the boys to travel. I am the coach and I haven’t eaten meat for one month, life is not simple. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6954613##This is something that must be highlighted, the boys are really suffering, even buying soap is a problem for them so if the people from Vihiga can come and support the team, this will be a huge relief for the boys,” said Owoko.The cash strapped side are currently second from bottom despite their draw against Sharks but have only played six games following the promotion/relegation court battle after FKF declared the 2021-2022 season null and void.The former Barding High School head coach who famously beat Ugandan giants St. Mary’s Kitendein the East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Associations (FEASSA) urged Vihiga residents to come to the rescue of the team.Bullets come from behind to force draw against Sharks in six goal thriller“I’m building something for the Vihiga people that they will remember me for, right now Bandari is not suffering because of the work I did there in scouting and the quality I instilled. If you look at Tusker from 2016 any coach would have been able to lift the league and I’m really urging Otichilo because this is their team, we have a lot of talents, we have our next Wanyama and Olunga here,” said Owoko.
