Kakamega Homeboyz team manager Bonface Imbenzi has partly attributed the team’s poor start in the 2024-2025 Football Kenya Federation Premier League season to playing home matches away.Homeboyz have not won in the opening five rounds of the season, a run that saw coach Kenneth Kenyatta pay for, as he was suspended last weekend.Kenyatta, was asked to step aside following the 4-1 drubbing at the hands of KCB at the St.Sebastian Park in Murang’a, becoming the first coach to lose a job this season.##NAJAVA_MECA_8424491##Homeboyz kicked off the season with a shocking 3-0 loss to debutants Mara Sugar before playing Mathare United to a barren draw.The team held Tusker to a 2-2 draw in round three of the season with Kariobangi Sharks polling up their miseries by humbling them to a 1-0 defeat in round four.Last weekend’s heavy loss marked the end of Kenyatta’s brief reign at the club as Francis Baraza and Paul Okatwa have been given the mandate to lead the team albeit on interim basis.Imbenzi conceded that the team’s fortunes have never been the same from the time the Bukhungu Stadium’s gates were closed-leaving them with no option other than, hosting matches at the Mumias Sports Complex.Bukhungu was closed in February for renovations, that were aimed at getting the facility ready for the 2025 CHAN Championships. Kenyan football infrastructure is behind by 40 years, claims Harambee Stars coach FiratHowever, the stadium will not host the tournament as CAF confirmed Kasarani Stadium as the facility that will be used for the tournament that, will run between February 1-28.”We miss playing in front of our fans. Our run would have been better if we had the backing from our fans. Their feedback helps us a lot and it also prompts the players to fight for the badge,” admitted Imbenzi. The administrator, who has worked at Homeboyz for more than a decade called for the completion of the renovation works, which he noted had taken longer than expected. AFC Leopards striker wants to be the ‘next Olunga’He regretted that, the national and county, governments were not in a haste in finishing the project contrary to the promised made during the handover and commissioning of the works. “There is nothing major going on at the site and it worries us as a club and community. The two levels of government can do better as the prolonged closure hurts us as other sportsmen,” said Imbenzi.
