Struggling Football Kenya Federation Premier League outfit Shabana FC have formally released seven players to create room for new arrivals in the ongoing transfer market.According to a top official at the club who sought anonymity, the Kisii-based club have let go of the players with a similar number of the released set to be added before the conclusion of business.The Kisii-based club has faced challenges since their promotion to the top tier, finding themselves deep in relegation with 17 points after 19 rounds of the league and settling seventeenth on the eighteen-team table.##NAJAVA_MECA_7821993##To accommodate the new signings, the technical bench has decided to part ways with players deemed surplus to requirements, and Mozzart Sport can exclusively report that the 2022-2023 National Super League champions have severed ties with goalkeepers Erick Ongiri and Victor Khamungo.Apart from the duo, others leaving Tore Bobe camp are defender Silas Abungana, Stephen Ochieng, Kevin Okinda, and Hillary Wandera.Strikers Enock Agwanda and Johanna Mwita, and winger Frank Ouya were among the first batch of players to face the chop at the club.Among the exits, Okinda and Wandera have had limited game time since the Glamour Boys’ promotion to the top flight as they were nursing injuries and have been released without recovering fully.Ongiri joined Shabana at the start of last season from APS Bomet and went on to establish himself as a starter for the then-head coach Sammy Okoth’s side beating competition from Mike Matasio while Khamungo made a return to the team from Migori Youth but was hardly used limiting his game time.NSL: Mara Sugar in hunt for seasoned goal scorerAbungana and Ochieng regular faces for Tore Bobe since the start of the 2021-2022 season, having played a pivotal role in the team’s promotion last term found their positions under threat as they failed to keep pace with the demanding Premier League strikers necessitating the need for more experienced players at the back.Meanwhile, Shabana are racing against time to find new homes for striker Nehemiah Onchiri and midfielder Brian Kiako with the duo set for loan spells.A host of the National Super League clubs are in contention for their signatures with the club preferring moves to Nairobi United, Mara Sugar and Darajani Gogo.Mozzart Sport is well informed that Mara are willing to take the players provided Shabana pays their salaries during the pair’s stay with them.Isaac Otieno and David Kalama remain in exile for participating in an unsanctioned tournament and are not part of the team’s plans.Apart from the outgoings, the Sammy Omollo-coached side have roped in the services of striker Mathew Tegisi from Gusii FC, midfielder Brian Odhiambo from Darajani Gogo, Rainbow’s Japheth Muzungu and left-back Lenny Maneno from Tanzania complete Tore Bobe’s list of new arsenals.Rebuilding Shabana set to send players packingFormer Bandari custodian Peter Odhiambo, ex-AFC Leopards Ezekiel Owade, and Nzoia Sugar netminder Frederick Munyendo are options being monitored to fill the two vacant goalkeeper slots at the club.
