Lighting in the field, thundering with exhilarating statistics, Festus Duwe has quickly established himself as a prolific force opponents will surely dread, yea, like his hairstyle.
Electrifying speed, razor-sharp turns and a blur of motion, he leaves defenders grasping at air.
In the concluded transfer window, Festus, who was getting his bread battered at CIVO Service United was a highly sought player.
It was not a huge surprise that the country’s top teams, or those whose blood ooze in the image of stashes of money scrambled for his signature.
Whether by design, default or both, the dread locked star left CIVO’s ‘Nyayabighi’ cult unhappy to join the central bankers, whose fiscal reserves are never dry.
In fair standards, Silver strikers has quality to squarely tussle competitively against any team on the local scene, they are current reigning TNM Super league champions, anyway.
Overwhelmingly, any new player that joins them, do so to compete among the local’s finest. There are no outright and guaranteed berths at such clubs. In scripts of his own, Festus Duwe has quickly established himself as a principal architect of the banker’s warm heartbeat.
He has dutifully eclipsed some stars, not by proclamation of his quick feet, but by some adorable statistics.
From being named in the substitute cast in the banker’s first opening match of the season against Nyasa Big Bullets, to the most recent match against Songwe, Festus has taken the aura of his festivity to greater heights.
He scored the lone in the bankers Airtel top 8 Match, and subsequently named man of the match.
He featured in the starting lineup against Chitipa United, a match that ended two all. In a sign of confidence, Coach Peter Mgangira honoured the star with yet another starting berth, against Kamuzu Barracks at Champions, which Silver won by two goals to nil.
He caught the serious attention of book makers in his Silver shirt, when he scored a brace against new league entrants Songwe Boarder at Karonga Stadium, convincingly named man of the match.
To underline his earliest prowess, he has been named Silver Strikers April player of the month, not an ordinary feat for someone learning the philosophy of play at acre number 47.
Is it time to begin decorating him as the necessary jewel that Silver Strikers need to defend title? It might be too early, but not too unrealistic.
Do we ignite the bankers? My emphatic, yes! The festivity of Festus is here.
