URA FC courting exciting Onduparaka FC forward

Forward Emmanuel Oketch is training with URA FC /COURTESY PICTURE

FOOTBALL URA FC courting exciting Onduparaka FC forward

Ndyamuhaki J Emanzi 13:30 - 31.08.2023

Oketch will be remembered for his exploits at Onduparaka, which included denting KCCA FC’s Startimes Uganda Premier League title hopes.

URA FC are in the process of adding forward Emmanuel Oketch from relegated Onduparaka FC.

The forward is currently training with the Tax Collectors and scored in the team’s 2-0 win over Bugema University in a practice match played at Hormisdalen Primary School, Gayaza, Thursday morning.

Team skipper Hudu Mulikyi scored the other goal as Fred Muhumuza’s charges geared up preparations for Sunday’s FUFA Super 8 Tournament final.

Oketch will be remembered for his exploits at Onduparaka, which included denting KCCA FC’s Startimes Uganda Premier League title hopes.

The forward scored a late brace as already-relegated Onduparaka came from a two-goal hole to draw 2-2 with the Kasasiro Boys at the MTN Omondi Stadium.

Oketch joined Onduparaka from Saviors FC in 2020 on a three-year deal that kept him at the club until the end of last season.

And with Onduparaka relegated back to the FUFA Big League, Oketch is one of the stars expected to find a new home in Uganda’s top flight, and URA could be his next destination.

For now, all URA’s focus is on Sunday’s clash with BUL FC in a bid to win some silverware before the start of the new UPL season.

Whether Oketch will impress and earn himself a contract with the club remains to be seen.

The club revealed that the player is only training for his own fitness, but deep-rooted sources have told Pulse Sports that a deal is a possibility.