South Africa’s Polokwane City FC and Zambian Super League giants Nkana Red Devils are leading the race to sign KCB FC striker Francis Kahiro.According to documents seen by Mozzart Sport and sources close to the player, both clubs have offered the player a two-year long contract, but he is yet to decide on his preferred destination.Follow our WhatsApp channel for more newsKahiro’s plan to head south after the conclusion of the 2024 – 2025 Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) season began to take shape in May when he quietly left the country for trials.The striker spent weeks in South Africa trialing with Polokwane, with the club reportedly being impressed with his goal-scoring instincts.##NAJAVA_MECA_9007120##Initially, Polokwane were to face local and regional clubs in the battle for the player’s signature, but Nkana joined after learning of his contract situation and KCB and availability.This is not the first time a Zambian Super League club is chasing the former FC Talanta man, as he was heavily linked with a move to Lusaka in the past off-season transfer window.Should he join Polokwane, Kahiro will have the privilege of sharing the dressing room with his compatriot and Harambee Stars goalkeeper Brian Bwire. The role Brian Mandela played in Bwire’s transfer to South Africa’s Polokwane City FCBwire joined the club last year after parting ways with 12-time Kenyan champions Tusker following the expiry of his two-year-long deal. The custodian serves as the first choice goalkeeper at Polokwane, having managed to beat the competition from Equatorial Guinean goalkeeper Manuel Sapunga. If Kahiro elects to join Nkana, he will do so hoping to follow the footsteps of the trip of Duncan Otieno, Harun Shakava and Duke Abuya, who won the league title with the club in August 2020.Wekesa backs Matano to deliver silverware at KCBFormer Kenya Police FC and Gor Mahia captain Musa Mohammed also played for Nkana before switching to Dynamos. A move to Zambia will also see him link up with immediate former Kakamega Homeboyz striker Moses Shumah, who signed for Power Dynamos on Friday, in the Zambian top-tier. Former Harambee Stars assistant captain David ‘Calabar’ Owino, defensive midfielder John Ochieng are the other Kenyan players plying their trade in Zambia. Talanta hero Kahiro’s journey from a kit man to a dreaded wingerThe two are attached to Napsa Stars and Zanaco respectively.Kahiro, who is in his second spell at KCB, spent the second leg of the 2023-2024 season at Bandari and made his Harambee Stars debut in November last year against South Sudan.
