Mutamba expressed his happiness over his return and stated his ambition to help the club going forward.
“It feels great to be here once more. Sofapaka to me is home and I don’t feel all too new here, the forward said. I am glad the coach has shown confidence in me and I am looking forward to rewarding his trust in me by performing.”
Mutamba saw his expected move to Libyan side Asswehly SC fall through when talks with Bidco United did not succeed towards the end of January. The lanky striker had been signed by the Thika club at the beginning of the 2020/21 season as a free agent after being dropped by Wazito FC alongside 12 other players.
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The midfielder arrives at the Eastland club, who had started the season with much on and off pitch difficulties, but a recent 1-0 win over Nzoia Sugar looked to have satisfied head coach Salim Ali. I am satisfied with the fighting spirit and if I could, I would award every single one of them with the game’s [Most Valuable Player] award, Ali said in a previous interview. It has been a tough start. Everything that went on before the season started has impacted the team hugely. Trying to balance the team while playing competitively has been our undoing but I feel we are now slowly finding our footing.
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According to Kalekwa, they have now closed business on signing foreign players as they have reached the required quota of five players.
“We have now closed our business to sign foreign players because we have reached the required quota,” Kalekwa told
Goal on Tuesday.
“We have already signed three players and we already had two in our squad and since none of them is going out, we are finished with the business.
“We have added three quality players into our rank, and I am happy the transfers were completed without a hitch, the three players were our targets when the window opened, so we have managed to net the players we had planned to sign and it is a closed chapter now.”