Marked for Stephen Etyang
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad23 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stephen Etyang is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
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Squad
The manager has not finished forgetting Richard Omondi's mistake
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what KCB can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Tempers go at KCB
Humphrey Mieno was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Kariobangi Sharks to sit and watch. I want to come back to KCB and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 8 matches say the rest.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Clyde Senaji gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Stephen Etyang 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.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
123% of the income goes out in wages at KCB
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stephen Etyang is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad12 Oct 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clyde Senaji is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rowland Makati, and the manager let it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Clyde Senaji
A mark of 7.84, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Nashon Alembi
Defensive actions: 14. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at KCB
Nashon Alembi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A defender's afternoon for Nashon Alembi
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
KCB supporters have found a favourite in Adamu Ibrahim
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Adamu Ibrahim has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match19 Sep 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Stephen Etyang. 1‑0 against Shabana, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Stephen Etyang 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 ratings21 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Clyde Senaji
A mark of 7.62, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
Fortune Omoto hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what KCB can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad31 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Clyde Senaji
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match29 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Kelvin Etemesi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to KCB.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stephen Etyang is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Marked 7.93 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, KCB had the best player on the pitch.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Bonphas Munyasa dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what KCB can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at KCB
Clyde Senaji was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stephen Etyang is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Gideon Werre in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Gideon Werre has his answer from KCB; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Triumph
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Boniface Omondi and KCB agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at KCB
Humphrey Mieno was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Clyde Senaji 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Arnold Matumele has his answer from KCB; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Match1 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Gideon Werre’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to KCB.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.23, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Apollo Otieno
Defensive actions: 17. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at KCB, another week without a signature from Humphrey Mieno.