Yema focused on filling Wanga's shoes at high flying Homeboyz

Kakamega Homeboyz forward Yema Mwamba has pledged to rise to the occasion and fill in the shoes left by former Kenyan international Allan Wanga at the club.

Wanga called it a day last season after an illustrious career spanning close to two decades leaving Homeboyz technical bench scratching their heads over his replacement.

However, Mwamba who arrived at the club after parting ways with Bandari has vowed to comfortably replace Wanga and spur the club to winning titles.

Although the Congolese forward is yet to open his goal account from the two matches played, he is certain that he will hit the ground running in the subsequent matches and ease the rest the burden of scoring as the club has netted twice in as many matches.

“I am the right man for the job. My job is to score goals and I will do it to the best of my ability. I know the club lost a lethal goal scorer and a legend who has served the game for years but I am equal to the task,” he said.

The former Sony Sugar man said he was looking to score at least fourteen goals in the season and grab assists at will. Mwamba believes that he would have kissed the back of the net last weekend against Wazito at Utalii grounds but rued a nasty injury by Mustapha Oduor that saw him develop cold feet.

“I want to keep on scoring for the time I will be at Homeboyz. I have fourteen goals as my irreducible minimum. I didn’t get sufficient minutes in our opening game against Police and unfortunately I was affected in our match against Wazito when Oduor got injured. He is my best friend in Kenya and we were teammates at Bandari at some time. It was sad to see him leaving the pitch in tears,” he said.

Meanwhile the former Nairobi Stima player cleared the air over the controversy milling around his name. The forward’s name has from time to time been a subject of discussion but he maintains that his identification documents read Guelord Yema Mwamba wa Mwamba and not Yema Mwana.