{"id":7681,"date":"2015-11-22T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T15:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=7681"},"modified":"2015-11-23T03:26:39","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T03:26:39","slug":"olunga-on-target-as-kenya-dispatch-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/olunga-on-target-as-kenya-dispatch-uganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Olunga on target as Kenya dispatch Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 532px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/football\/images\/olunga-zambia-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"366\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olunga scored against Zambia,Cape Verde and now Uganda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Harambee stars put aside their tribulations and put on a spirited performance to beat the Uganda Cranes 2-0 in the opening match of the 2015 CECAFA senior challenge cup.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya dominated possession in the first half. It therefore came as no surprise when Zambia based Jacob Keli scored the opener with a well taken finish in the 28th minute following a through pass from Eric Johanna. Keli was menacing throughout the first half and almost doubled the lead in the 43rd minute but his grasscutter was saved by the Ugandan keeper.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Bobby Williamson introduced Michael Olunga as a second half substitute. Olunga responded almost immediately with a typical calm and poised finish to double the lead. Olunga&#8217;s fine form at club level has also translated to the national teams where he has been prolific, scoring three times in the last four games.<\/p>\n<p>Also in action was combative defensive midfielder Collins Okoth who partenered in midfield with former Gor Mahia ace Anthony Akumu.<\/p>\n<p>After the match coach Bobby Williamson was upbeat and refused to be drawn into discussing the Cape Verde fiasco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCape Verde is gone now. Everyone knows the challenges that we had there but now we are on a different assignment. I have heard the Uganda Cranes coach say that he only played his second string side, but that is up to him really. I brought the best available players and I am very glad that we have won. Winning the first game of any competition is always a good thing,\u201d said Williamson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kenya Starting XI<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Bonface Oluoch , \u00a0David \u2018Calabar\u2019 Owino, David \u2018Cheche\u2019 Ochieng , Omar Mbongi, Noah Abich, Teddy Akumu, Collins Okoth, Eric Johanna, Clifton Miheso , Jacob Keli, Jesse Were<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs<\/strong>:\u00a0David Okello, Harun Shakava, Musa Mohamed, Ali Abondo, Michael Olunga, Allan Wanga<\/p>\n<p><strong>Uganda Starting XI<\/strong>: Alitho James, Faruk Miya, Denis Okot, Isaac Muleme, Shafik Bakaki , Joseph Ochaya, Ssekisambu Erisa, Muurshid Jjuko, Muzamir Mutyaba, Ceasar Okhuti, Hassan Dazo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subs<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Mathias Kigonya (GK), Frank Kalanda, Kizito Keziron, Richard Kasagga, Nelson Senkatuka, Joseph Nsubuga<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/olunga-on-target-as-kenya-dispatch-uganda\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harambee stars put aside their tribulations and put on a spirited performance to beat the Uganda Cranes 2-0 in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-7681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-harambee-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7681"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7685,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7681\/revisions\/7685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}