Kenya Police Bullets eye CECAFA crown after crushing Yei Joint FC in semis
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The Kenyan champions are one win away from the CAF Women’s Champions League after a commanding 5-0 semi-final victory in Kigali
By Alfred Lobawoi
Kenya Police Bullets are through to the final of the CECAFA Women’s Champions League Qualifiers, and they mean business. The Kenyan champions yesterday dismantled South Sudan’s Yei Joint FC 5-0 at Kigali Pele Stadium in Rwanda, booking a showdown with Uganda’s Kawempe Muslim Ladies and putting themselves one step away from a place in the main CAF Women’s Champions League tournament.
It was the kind of performance that announced a team with unfinished business — composed, clinical, and utterly relentless.
Head coach David Bujego Rangon’s side had entered the tournament in Kigali with something to prove. In 2025, they stumbled at the semi-final stage and finished third. In 2024, they went all the way to the final only to fall short against Ethiopia’s CBE. The ghosts of those near misses have clearly sharpened the squad’s focus this time around, and every performance in the group stage reflected a team that had done its homework and arrived ready.
Police Bullets opened their Group C campaign with a statement result, defeating Tanzania Women’s Premier League champions Simba Queens 2-1. Faith Mboya and Martha Amunyolete were on the scoresheet that day, and the win sent an early message to the rest of the field. Next up were Burundi’s Top Girls Academy, and again the Kenyan side delivered, winning 3-1. Amunyolete, who has been one of the standout performers of the tournament, scored a brace, with Mukhwana adding the third. That result confirmed their place in the semi-finals and the momentum only grew from there.
Against Yei Joint FC, there was never any real doubt about the outcome. Police Bullets were dominant from the first whistle, with five different contributors finding the net — a sign of a squad firing as a collective rather than leaning on any single individual. Tereza Engesha opened the scoring, before Amunyolete added two more to her already impressive tally, one of them from the penalty spot. Lorna Nyarinda curled in a beautifully struck free-kick, and Rebecca Okwaro rounded off the evening with a fifth in the dying minutes to complete a comprehensive and fully deserved victory.
For Amunyolete, the tournament has been a personal masterclass. Across three matches, she has scored multiple times, shown a clinical edge in front of goal, and demonstrated the kind of consistency that championship campaigns are built on. She will be central to whatever Police Bullets hope to achieve in the final.
The prize on offer is significant. The CECAFA Qualifiers serve as the regional gateway to the main CAF Women’s Champions League — the continent’s premier club competition for women’s football. Securing that ticket would represent not only a major achievement for the club but a significant moment for Kenyan women’s football more broadly.
Standing in their way are Kawempe Muslim Ladies, a well-organised and experienced Ugandan side who know how to win at this level. It will not be straightforward. But this Kenya Police Bullets squad has shown across three matches that they are capable of handling the pressure that comes with high-stakes football. The technical bench has been sharp, the players disciplined, and the collective spirit of the group has been evident in the quality and consistency of their performances.
Unlike in previous editions, where Police Bullets found themselves undone by the quality of sides such as Tanzania’s JKT and Ethiopia’s CBE, this campaign has the feel of a team that has addressed the margins that previously cost them. There is a hunger running through the squad — visible in the pressing, the movement, and the willingness to keep going even when a match is already won.
That hunger will need to be at its sharpest when they face Kawempe. But if this campaign is anything to go by, Kenya Police Bullets are ready for the moment.
The CECAFA Women’s Champions League final takes place in Kigali. For Police Bullets, it is more than a match — it is a chance to rewrite their recent history.
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