The Football Kenya Federation Premier League race seems to be open to a couple of clubs, with the summit crowded as the top five teams are separated by a point in descending order, and up to eight teams within touching distance should those above stutter. With Kenya Police FC in that distance too.Despite the Law Enforcers’ good run in the league since the arrival of Francis Baraza, the former Kagera Sugar tactician has refused to be drawn to title contention talks.Elvis ‘Machapo’ Rupia has scored five goals in the last seven matches for Kenya Police FC.Francis Braza has been in charge in those seven matches since taking over in December 2022.REINCARNATION?📸@kenyapolicefc#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/G7BmXRGYAG— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) January 23, 2023 When Baraza was appointed at the helm of the team’s technical bench, Police were 16th on the log after back-to-back losses in their opening two rounds but he has managed to push them seventh on the log after seven matches in charge.##NAJAVA_MECA_6973480##According to the coach, their focus is to handle a match at a time instead of speculating on title chances. He believes that by doing so they will be in a position to concentrate on their work on the field.”I cannot say that we are in contention for the league. It is too early. My plan is to take a match at a time and I believe that is what will push us. You are the people who will come and say ‘look, Police are contenders’. When I joined the team was almost at the bottom but we have managed to work to where we are, step by step,” he commented when asked on his team’s title contention prospects.Tusker’s Tanzanian import reveals how he almost ended up joining the militaryIn the seven matches that he has been in charge of, the team remains unbeaten and that is the period within which they have collected all their 15 points from four wins and three draws.Up next Police is a tough test against a team blowing both hot and cold this season, AFC Leopards.
