Barely two weeks after quashing early retirement talks and promising to make a comeback into top-flight football, former Gor Mahia center-back Harun Shakava has now found a new home at FKF Division Two side Embakasi All Stars.The 30-year-old was among six new faces that the club unveiled on Sunday 27 October, a development that brings to an end his ‘disappearance’ from football.Shakava, whose signing has been labelled by All Stars as that “to boost our squad and help us achieve our goals this season” played his last competitive game early 2024, when he was on loan at the now-relegated Nzoia Sugar in the FKF Premier League.Since then, Shakava has been nowhere to be found on the field of play, despite many believing that he would this season feature for his parent club Kenya Police FC.##NAJAVA_MECA_8445261##His absence from Salim Babu’s squad fueled speculations that he might have hung up his boots after a distinguished career spanning over a decade, but in a recent interview, confirmed that he was plotting a sporting comeback in January.It is not clear the length of the contract Shakava has signed at Embakasi All Stars, but one can only think based on his assertions – which include making a return back to the Harambee Stars squad – that the spell will be brief before his January move to a bigger club comes to light.Former Gor Mahia defender turned police Harun Shakava addresses retirement talksEmbakasi All Stars are currently sixth in the FKF Division Two Eastern Zone E standings after two games, having won once and lost the other.The other new players signed alongside Shakava include Agetius Mwale, Zachariah Odhiambo, Elijah Einsteen, Collins Odhiambo, and Peter Kepher.
