Express will be considered the biggest losers after striker Samson Caesar Okhuti declined to renew his six-month contract and joined city rivals KCCA on New Year’s Day.
On a three year deal that will also see him don shirt number 11, KCCA stand to gain from the former Ediofe Hills striker even before he kicks a ball for them.
As we wait for the Uganda Premier League secretariat to release fixtures of the second round and before Okhuti gets to train with his new teammates, he will spend time with the national team.
The Cranes are preparing for the African Championship of Nations (Chan) due in Rwanda from January 16 – February 6, and Okhuti is most likely going to make coach Micho Sredojević 23 man squad.
For a man who has been in fine form lately, scoring eight league goals in the first round, and three at the 2015 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Ethiopia, Okhuti will without a doubt attract agents while in Rwanda.
Micho seems to love his work rate and ability to get into goal scoring opportunities, the player also seems to have come of age upstairs and wants to get somewhere with his career.
The league winner with Bunamwaya in 2010 has all the attributes you will need from a player you want to match the demands of playing at a higher level than that of Uganda.
Yes, team manager Mike Mutebi described Okhuti’s addition to KCCA as one that will solve the goal scoring problems of the table leaders whose top scorers in the first round were midfielder Muzamir Mutyaba Nelson Senkatuka both on four.
But there is no doubt that they will give in if a Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates or TP Mazembe came calling.
The trio and other outfits from the Maghreb are the money bags of African football and before anyone dreams of ever taking the European route, a stoppage there can’t be overlooked.
Chan will be the biggest platform Okhuti will ever play at after Cecafa since he announced himself at the big stage in 2007.
And with agents from all walks of life watching, KCCA as an institution should count themselves lucky that they are the rightful owners of who by the way likens himselves to two time African footballer of the year Didier Drogba
