Allstars’ Otieno returns home

Joshua Otieno is received by his Under 17 teammates at Sony Sugar upon returning from England. [PHOTO: STANDARD]

Sony Sugar’s rising teen star Joshua Otieno jetted into the country on Saturday morning to a rousing welcome by his team mates and family at his home in Awendo.

The 16-year-old member of the SportPesa AllStars squad that played a select side from UK’s Hull City last Monday, but stayed behind for a week-long training session in the EPL club’s football academy.

Even though he barely touched the ball, having been introduced into the match in the dying seconds of the game, the Form Three student at Kakamega High School said he was nevertheless happy for the opportunity to tour the UK and train at the well-equipped Hull Academy.

“I am happy for the opportunity, the coach had his reasons not to field me but in football these things happen. I am just happy for this entire experience and not bitter at all,” he said from his parents’ humble home at Sony Sugar Estate.

His father Peter Onyango said he was proud of his son.