Olunga last took part in a competitive match early June and has since been relegated to Guizhou Zhicheng reserve squad following the newly enacted Chinese Super League Foreign Quota Rule, which allows only three foreigners to be registered in the first team in any given season.
Wanyama requested for an exemption to recover his form having come back from injury a few weeks while Omollo asked to be given time to settle at his new club, Cercle Brugge that he joined about a month ago.
Origi, on the other hand, has since acquired Norwegian citizenship and will be ineligible to play for Kenya due to the fact that Norway doesn’t accept dual citizenship.
Head coach Stanley Okumbi had named a strong team of players.
Harambee Stars foreign based players squad
Abud Omar (Slava Sofia, Bulgaria), Anthony Akumu (Zesco, Zambia), David Ochieng (New York Cosmos, USA), Jesse Were (Zesco, Zambia), Johanna Omollo (Cercle Brugge, Belgium), David Owino (Zesco, Zambia), Clifton Miheso (Buildcon FC, Zambia), Erick Johanna (Vasalund’s FC, Sweden), Mark Makwatta (Buildcon FC, Zambia), Jonah Ayunga (Galway United, Ireland), Brian Mandela (Maritzburg United, South Africa)
