The Shabana Post
Market14 Sep 2026
Maxwell Mulili’s move to Posta Rangers falls through
The deal that would have taken Maxwell Mulili to Posta Rangers has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Shabana with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Cliff Nyakeya falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Brian Junior Olega
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match12 Sep 2026
Shabana share the spoils with Bandari
A 2‑2 draw with Bandari leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Justine Nyangwara
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Justine Nyangwara, and the manager let it.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Patrick Omurwa: “We have to be better”
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 2‑2 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Bookings catch up with Biron Otieno
One yellow too many, and a match watched from the stand. The most avoidable absence in football, and Shabana will feel it on Saturday.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The first one for Cliff Nyakeya
Every signing waits for it and every press conference asks about it until it comes. It has come, Shabana have their man off the mark, and the second one is always easier.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Shabana pick somebody else ahead of Humphrey Obina
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- Looking ahead A reunion for Cliff Nyakeya
- The dugout Mark Okola does not fit this one
- Squad The shirt is Derrick Onyango’s