{"id":395495,"date":"2011-04-25T01:59:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T01:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/kenya-at-last-congo-united-can-party\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T01:59:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T01:59:18","slug":"kenya-at-last-congo-united-can-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/kenya-at-last-congo-united-can-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: At Last, Congo United Can Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"30.9465838509\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/450a559cnation180.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Philip Onyango, Winnie Atieno And Lawrence Ongaro<\/p>\n<p>24 April 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Congo United registered their first win in the Kenya Premier League when they edged out AFC Leopards 1-0 in an entertaining match at the KPA Mbaraki Sports Club.<\/p>\n<p>It was a sweet victory for new Congo United coach Gilbert Selebwa who took over from sacked Gideon Ochieng early in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Selebwa, formerly coach at Leopards, said he had proved a point to his former club who unceremoniously threw him out after he struggled with the team through the Nationwide League.Congo United captain Rama Salim scored the all-important goal via a penalty in the 78th minute after he was brought down by Leopards&#8217; skipper Nicholas Muyoti.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Football Federation vice-chairman Twaha Mbarak gave Congo a Sh20,000 cash award for their rare win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thika 1 Chemelil 0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the Thika Municipal Stadium, Thika United FC edged Chemelili 1-0, the lone goal coming in the fifth minute when Ken Wendo curved a nice corner which was connected into the goal by Vincent Nyaberi.<\/p>\n<p>Referee Fidelis Wekesa had to stop the match for almost 10 minutes in the second half after a swam of bees invaded the field, resulting to players taking cover by lying flat on the field.<\/p>\n<p>One yellow card was flashed during this encounter to Chemelil&#8217;s mid-fielder Wellingtone Murwayi for foul play.<\/p>\n<p>It was a relief for Thika United after winning the game considering the fact that they lost to Gor Mahia FC 3-1 at the same venue in their last game.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201104250084.html\" title=\"Kenya: At Last, Congo United Can Party!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: At Last, Congo United Can Party!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Philip Onyango, Winnie Atieno And Lawrence Ongaro 24 April 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Congo United registered their first win in the Kenya Premier League when they edged out AFC Leopards 1-0 in an entertaining match at the KPA Mbaraki Sports Club. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-395495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: At Last, Congo United Can Party! 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