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Omino: Former Kisumu All-Stars and Western Stima coach passes away

The experienced coach died in the early hours of Friday morning at his rural home in Siaya after almost three years battling with illness

Former Kisumu All-Stars and Western Stima head coach Henry Omino has passed away.

Omino succumbed to thyroid cancer on Friday morning after almost three years of fighting against the disease.

In an interview with Goal, Kisumu All-Stars CEO Nicholas Ochieng, who has been in close contact with the family, confirmed Omino died just in the early hours of Friday morning at his rural home in Siaya.

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“The coach passed on at his home in Siaya at around 01:00 and I have been in touch with the family all along as they plan for a meeting to decide on the way forward,” Ochieng told Goal.