Joshua Chabicha Ratemo is hopeful of gracing top-flight football for the second time after seven years.Ratemo, a seasoned striker with over ten years of experience in the second tier is currently second in the top scorers’ chart after netting nine times, seven behind Philemon Nyakwaka who has since departed the league for exploits with KCB in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL).##NAJAVA_MECA_7881419##Chabicha tasted top-flight football in 2017 with the Kakamega Homeboyz after he impressed in trials with the club in 2016 thus snapping him from Shabana FC, after Tore Bobe faced the axed to the third tier.To achieve his ambition, Ratemo intends to help his current club Gusii avoid the drop after a slow start to the season that has been compounded by numerous exodus of players as well as coaches.Gusii started the season on an upward trajectory dating back to the 2022/2023 season but the departure of coach Kassim Otieno to Division One side MOFA FC at the start of the 2023/2024 campaign weathered the team’s dream of chasing promotion this term with his predecessors struggling with the club.The former Eldoret Youth forward believes that the outfit will be lucky enough to avoid the jaws of relegation with his goals playing a turning focal for the club as well as using his strikes as baits to potential suitors in the FKFPL after the season.REPORTS: Morocco to host AFCON 2025 between July and AugustGusii have had a life to forget this term as they settle sixteenth on the log with 19 points from 20 matches and remain with a single win in five matches despite Chabicha scoring in each of their last four matches”I hope to see the team survive the chop this season. We started well but lost momentum mid-way when we had a little shake-off in the technical bench which is a normal thing in football. Most of us in the team want to play at the highest competition as well,” he said.The former Nakuru All-Stars man believes if he manages to surpass Nyakwaka’s tally, he may bag himself a dream move back to the top tier with unfinished business in the league his main source of inspiration.“I have to prove myself in the FKF Premier League again, I have the qualities to do even better but all will depend on how I fare in the remaining matches of the season,” offered the net buster who has also had a stint at MCF FC.Ratemo will have a chance to reach a double-digit tally when Gusii takes on Darajani Gogo after the short recess on March 2nd at Cardinal Otunga High School Mosocho.Troubled Olympic Pirates relegated from FKF Division One
