The 24-year-old Harambee Star featured for the entire 90 minutes on his debut as Gent suffered a first defeat of the season
Kenya international Joseph Okumu was left a disappointed man after KAA Gent suffered a 2-1 defeat against Sint-Truidense VV in their opening match of the Belgian Pro League season on Sunday.
The towering Harambee Star joined the Belgian outfit from Sweden side IF Elfsborg but he was yet to feature for the team despite their involvement in the Europa Conference League last Thursday.
But on Sunday, Okumu was handed his debut and despite Gent taking an early lead courtesy of Andreas Hanche-Olsen in the second minute, they were beaten in the away fixture as goals from Ilombe Mboyo in the 12th minute and Christian Bruls in the 67th minute lifted the home side to an opening win.