Dukuly Shines In Kenya


Former Mighty Barrolle sharp shooting winger Morris Dukuly has told his new kenyan club Congo United, that he will do more than what he did on his debut for the club on match day 15 of the Kenyan Premier League (KPL). The player who is nicknamed Alvaro Recoba (one of Uraguay and Inter Milan greatest players) for his strong left foot and precise finishing became the fourth Liberian to feature in the Kenyan top flight this season after making a wonderful debut against lowly rated outfit Bandari in the final match of the first phase.

The youngster who featured for the Liberia national U-17 and U-20 before moving to Cameroon where he styled for top flight side Panthere before having a stint in Equatorial Guinea and now Kenya, according to a dispatch from the land of the Harambe Stars, told the club fans "my first match in the KPL was a wonderful experience. The league is a tough one. It is very physical and one has to release the ball quickly by doing less touches, the work rate too is demanding. I am grateful to God that i played a very great match in my first outing as the rating from the Coach says it all. I just want to say i thank God for such a promising performance. I have not done anything yet, and i promise to work harder in combining with my teammates for us (Congo United) to move up on the log in the second phase".

The starlet who had stints with then Third Division side Black Star in Gardnersville, later moved to the now disbanded Juventus Olympic and then Karn United before moving on to LISCR and then Mighty Barrolle. In the match with Bandari which was shown live on Supersports 9, the long range specialist won a master card performance as he made the left channel a fortress, terrorizing and outpacing his marker before supplying cleverly measured crosses which his side front runners could not bury as the day was just not theirs.

Dukuly's side Congo United will however have to raise their game in the second phase which starts shortly as they are at 14th spot, just a place above the bottom two in the 16 teams KPL. But, so far the disappointment of the season is former national U-17 and LPRC Oilers midfielder Abraham Cokie's AFC Leopards who are surprisingly lingering at the 12th spot. After the resignation of Belgian Coach Roger Bollen due to what he called interference in technical matters by the club's administration, the highly respected club continues to go in the doldrums to the disbelief of many.

But, from a Liberian perspective, the major smile is that Thika United, the club side of Mighty Barrolle clinical forward Freeman Mulbah and Watanga FC robust rearguard Dirkir Glay are at the seventh spot and look poised to be amongst the top eight teams where they will earn more in terms of cash as they will compete in the TOP 8 at the end of the season.

Since the exploit of the now Vietnam based burly defender Alex Karmo who became the first Liberian to style in the KPL when he led Western Stima to a TOP 8 finish and then Julius Weah showed case with AFC Leopards, Liberians have being flooding in Kenya to have an opportunity of featuring in one of Africa's most watched leagues, the KPL.