Former Gor Mahia midfielder Baron Oketch came off the bench in the 4-0 whitewash of Mathare United to notch his first goal for Sofapaka, which left him delighted.The winger came on for Rody Manga in the 70th minute, who scored the first goal in the game, and went on to have an impressive outing as he not only scored by also provided a goal for 18-year-old Ben Stanley Omondi.Defending champions Morocco make good on their threat to pull out of CHAN, here’s whyOketch could not hide his happiness after grabbing his first goal for the club as he looks to bang more goals and also talked about the club’s change in form.”I feel great and I thank God because it is my first goal for Sofapaka in the league, I came back from the terraces and scored a goal and I want to score more goals to gain the coach’s confidence.After playing the last game of 2022 and getting a positive result, we decided to take one game at a time and play every game as a final. The games we played before the break had a lot of draws and losses,” said Oketch.##NAJAVA_MECA_6937463##The former Western Stima midfielder joined Batoto ba Mungu back in September 2022 after cutting ties with Tanzanian Premier League outfit Biashara Mara United following the expiry of his contract.His outstanding second half against Mathare did not go unnoticed as head coach David Ouma also heaped praise on him and Ben Stanley after both of them came in the second half to extend their lead against the Slum Boys.Nine Kenya Police FC players join the General Service Unit after graduating on Thursday”They (Oketch and Ben Stanley) tried to see what the opponent was doing in the second half because we had to turn the game in the second half, the influence of Baron was there to be seen because he also made a goal.Both of them capitalized on the spaces that were created for them because Mathare were also pushing their players upfront to try and get something from the game,” said Ouma.
