Why Danny Sserunkuma missed out on top award.

Gor Mahia striker Dan Sserunkuma was not short-listed for top Kenyan Premier League (KPL) award due to controversy over some of his goals.

Gor Mahia striker Dan Sserunkuma was a surprise omission from list of nominess to nominess for this year's footballer of the year award but it is now emerging that this could have been due to some controversial goals he scored during the season.

Sserunkuma was left out despite having emerged the top scorer in the just concluded season. Traditionally, top scorers have always been in the short-list and majority of them have won in the past.

But a coach who took part in the nominations but did not want to be named claimed they locked out the Ugandan due to the controversial nature of some of the goals he scored and did not want to legitimise the same.

He told Goal:"He may have emerged the top scorer but we also looked at how some of the goals were scored. Out of 16 goals, he scored three penalties and in our opinion some were not genuine. Furthermore, we felt that some of the goals he scored were from an off-side position. If the referees did not see it, we did and took note."

"Furthermore, it is not necessary that a top scorer is on the list of best players." Those listed in the top  award are Godfrey Kizito (Gor Mahia), Kizito Ndolo (Sofapaka), Osborne Monday (Ulinzi Stars), Stephen Waruru (Ulinzi Stars) and Enock Agwanda (Sofapaka).