Owoko sets league title as Vihiga’s irreducible minimum in new term

Vihiga Bullets head coach George Owoko says the club has the mettle to match the top dogs in the top flight and stage a successful trophy onslaught.The club handed the tactician who is making a comeback to top flight the head coach role last week and hardly days after taking over, he is not afraid of setting lofty targets.Owoko who won the league with Tusker albeit as an assistant coach in 2016 replaced Abdallah Juma who according to the club’s Chief Executive Officer Collins Juma was promoted to the rank of technical director.##NAJAVA_MECA_6806402##Bullets struggled in their maiden season in the top division and would be relegated to the Super League by the Transition Committee that ran the competition in the past term after finishing in the red zone.FIFA suspension to be lifted in the coming week says FKF CEO Barry OtienoThey were kicked out of the top tier alongside the 2009 Kenyan champions Mathare United who ghosted the league proceedings in April.However, the two can sit pretty after the Football Kenya Federation Executive Committee voided the results posted in the past season and further went on to reverse their relegation.The committee who converged on Wednesday also elected not to promote the teams that finished inside the top two bracket in the Super League.Francis Omondi joins Ulinzi StarsOwoko expressed confidence that he will transform the club from a punching bag to a title contender despite the odds being stacked in favour of the deep-pocketed teams.“The club will be contesting for the title and not participating in the competition. Our business is to play attractive football and win trophies. The past season was not great due to a number of issues but given the preparations that we have had and the support from the management, I think we are ready for the mission ahead of us,” said the former FC Talanta assistant coach.

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