Nairobi City Stars defender Edwin Buliba has expressed his utter delight after being handed the opportunity to feature in the team for the very first time in the ongoing 2021/2022 season.Just a week ago, in Matchday Eight, the dreadlocked centre back was handed his maiden start this campaign as he was partnered alongside Salim ‘Shittu’ Abdallah where he kept a clean sheet as City Stars played to a barren stalemate against Nzoia Sugar.Environment-friendly City Stars end use of plasticsIn the following week, he was again entrusted with a rare successive spot in the team. This time, the defender followed up with another clean sheet again as his side defeated Mathare City Stars 2-0. While keeping out the duo of preferred defender Kennedy Onyango and the newly signed Lennox Ogutu, Buliba thanked the coach for the faith shown in him as he promised to work even harder.“I am very grateful for the two matches and I will continue working hard. Thanks goes to the coach Nicholas Muyoti for believing in me and giving me a chance to represent the Nairobi City Stars,” Buliba is quoted on the club’s website.Buliba excited by consecutive full gamesTwo full Premier League games in 4 days have left promising stopper Edwin Buliba purring.Full story [https://t.co/9spAnWdSDi]#𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚 pic.twitter.com/Ld96bj36MG— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) December 16, 2021 In the ended season, Buliba clocked 302 premier league minutes in the 2020/21 Football Kenya Federation Premier League season across eight games. He made his premier league debut against KCB in Matchday Two of that season then went on to pick his first start against Wazito on Matchday 23.His first 90 minutes in the premier league was against Mathare United on Matchday 31. He added one more full game in the season-ender against KCB in Narok in August.With Nairobi City Stars currently fourth on the log, Buliba will be hoping to once again be in the squad that will take on second-placed KCB with a place at the top of the log up for grabs albeit momentarily.
