Red-hot Ulinzi Starlets forward Neddy Atieno has been recalled to the Harambee Starlets provisional team named for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifiers.Coach Charles Okere while releasing his squad comprised of 31 players who are largely drawn from the local women’s league handed the forward a berth courtesy of the impressive goal returns she managed in the past season.Atieno helped her side Ulinzi Starlets finish second in Zone A of the league behind Thika Queens and will face stiff competition in the team from the nine forward called to the team who among them is fellowe returnee Lucy Mukhwana.Magical Jentrix Shikangwa!!https://t.co/uZGOLLOWDt#HarambeeStarlets #Tunaweza— Harambee Starlets (@StarletsKE) September 9, 2021 For the time Neddy has been out in the cold, Starlets have found a new postergirl in Jentrix Shikangwa who plies her trade with Vihiga Queens who boast of contributing ten players to the squad. The ten fought tooth and nail to see the club crowned as the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA region champions after edging CBE of Ethiopia 2-1.Other senior players who have made the cut include skipper Dorcas Shikobe who turns for Cypriot side Lakatama and the ever reliable Mwanahalima Adam.Starlets first choice goalkeeper Annete Kundu who is currently unattached was also considered so is Ruth Ingosi.Starlets are scheduled to take on South Sudan in the qualifier with the first leg set for October 20. The return leg will be played four days later with both duels set to be staged in Nairobi.Okere’s charges who la are in the meanwhile planned to troop to camp on this Saturday in preparation for the first round of the qualifiers where the winner on aggregate will advance to the next round.🛬🛬#Tunaweza pic.twitter.com/eSLmFY1dNS— Harambee Starlets (@StarletsKE) October 5, 2021 Kenya lastly qualified to the continental showpiece in 2016 and Okere who succeeded David Ouma will summon her girls in camp eager to seal one of the eleven slots in the finals.The finals are set to be held in Morocco with the top three teams from the tournament booking slots in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The ninth edition of the global tournament will be co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia.Goalkeepers Annete Kundu (Unattached), Pauline Katharu (Kibera Girls Soccer), Lilian Awour (Vihiga Queens) Maureen Shimuli (Ulinzi Starlets)Defenders Vivian Nasaka (Vihiga Queens), Juliet Adipo (Kayole Starlet), Dorcas Shikobe (Lakatama FC), Lucy Akoth (Mathare United Women FC), Dorcas Neema (Nakuru Queens), Phoebe Awiti (Vihiga Queens), Enez Mango (Vihiga Queens), Nelly Sawe (Thika Queens), Ruth Ingotsi (Unattached)Midfielders Sheril Angach (Gaspo Women), Corazone Aquino (Gaspo Women), Mercy Oginga (Vihiga Queens), Lydia Akoth (Thika Queens), Lilian Mmboga (Kibera Girls Soccer), Lorna Nyarinda (Kibera Girls Soccer), Martha Amunyolet (Trans Nzoia Queens), Maureen Ater (Vihiga Queens), Merceline Wayodi (Kisumu All Starlets) AttackersTerry Engesha (Vihiga Queens), Rachael Mwema (Thika Queens), Janet Bundi (Vihiga Queens), Jentrix Shikangwa (Vihiga Queens), Lucy Mukhwana (Ulinzi Starlets), Neddy Akoth (Ulinzi Starlets), Mwanahalima Adam (Thika Queens), Violet Wanyonyi (Vihiga Queens), Elizabeth Wambui (Gaspo Women FC)
