Kakamega Homeboyz forward Moses Shumah was going about his business on Monday evening when a unexpected call from his friend Hillary Ndombi came in.Ndombi, a midfielder who plies his trade with Vihiga Bullets had reached out to Shumah to congratulate him for landing his first ever Harambee Stars call up. Unbeknown to Ndombi,the call would break the good news to Shumah who was not even aware that he had been included in the national team and was looking forward to having a good evening. Shumah, first, brushed off the news from his friend as a prank as he wasn’t anticipating to be incorporated in the team since he was in his first season in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League among other reasons. Before he could log into his social media accounts and the FKF website to confirm the news from Ndombi calls and congratulatory messages from his colleagues at Homeboyz interrupted the session and eliminated the doubts in his friend. “I had no idea that I had been included in the Harambee Stars provisional team until Ndombi called me. At first, I didn’t believe him at all. However calls from my colleagues erased the doubts. I later confirmed it on the FKF portal,” he narrated. For a forward who joined Homeboyz before the season began and having four goals and an assist to show for in the season, expecting a call up to the national team was the least he expected. ” I never saw it coming this soon but I had the believe that one day I will make it,” he added. 1)Last weekend I watched a league match between Kenya Police and Kakamega Homeboyz from the stands. Moses Shumah struck right at the death to give Homeboyz a slim 1-0 win over Police.I keenly watched the forward who motored to the corner to celebrate his first goal in the top,,, pic.twitter.com/NMKVPJFnGU— Meshack Kisenge (@kisengemeshack1) December 7, 2022 Before joining Homeboyz last year, Shumah had no history of playing competitive football since writing his form four exams at Laiser High in 2020. He schooled with the now Sweden-based Timothy Ouma, Sharks duo of Kevin Wanga and Biron Otieno at Laiser. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7289922##The towering forward trained with Division One side Equity FC as well as Division Two side KUSCO before securing a deal at Homeboyz. Harambee Stars Provisional Squad for Mauritius Four Nations Tournament named”I am happy with the progress I have made since making my debut in the top flight. Hopefully I will debut for the national team in Mauritius,” he stated. Shumah marked his top flight bow with the match winning goal when Homeboyz beat Kenya Police 1-0 in December last year at the Ulinzi Sports Complex in Lang’ata.Stars head coach Engin Firat named a 30-man provisional squad for the for the Four Nations Tournament, scheduled to be held in Mauritius from June 11th to June 18th, 2023.Other new faces in the team include Simon Masaka of Sofapaka, Charles Ouma of Kenya Police and Sharks captain Kevin Luke Otiala.
