The Mathare United Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Terms done: Donald Ange Paterne is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Shabana waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Mathare United is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Mathare United — 7.91
1 for Brian Ndenga, marked 7.91, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Victor Omune signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Victor Omune commits to Mathare United for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Victor Omune in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Mathare United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Francis Kipkirui steps up from the Mathare United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Francis Kipkirui has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kenneth Kagere joins the Mathare United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kenneth Kagere is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kenneth Karisa steps up from the Mathare United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kenneth Karisa has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match8 Aug 2026
Brian Ndenga the difference as Mathare United beat APS Bomet
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Brian Ndenga. 1‑0 against APS Bomet, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mathare United try to borrow James Omusinde
Bandari have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Player ratings John Makwatta beats them one at a time
- Player ratings John Macharia unlocks it