Samuel Ayanrinde

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Kenya Police
19 Dec 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Samuel Ayanrinde

20 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marvin Nabwire 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Kenya Police

Samuel Ayanrinde 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.

Squad

Geordy Ndecket knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kenya Police, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
14 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Clinton Okinyi keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kenya Police may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Kenya Police

Samuel Ayanrinde 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.

Boardroom

Wages eat 188% of everything Kenya Police earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

In brief

10 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Khadime N'Diaye 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 Kenya Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marvin Nabwire 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.

Boardroom

258% of the income goes out in wages at Kenya Police

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.

Squad

Daniel Sakari 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.

Squad

The month belongs to Samuel Ayanrinde

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Kenya Police have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Market

The Moise Mbombo talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kenya Police know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

7 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Kakamega Homeboyz punish Kenya Police for switching off

2 goals to the good, and then a slow surrender of everything that had been earned. Awesu Awesu will not be the one blamed for it, but nobody at Kenya Police escapes the conversation that follows a collapse like this.

Player ratings

Both of them Awesu Awesu's — 8.24

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.24, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market

Kenya Police turn down KCB for Exauce Misuri

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match

Kakamega Homeboyz take the points off Kenya Police

Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market

So close: Brian Chonjo Otieno’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Muranga Seal moved on, Brian Chonjo Otieno reports back to Kenya Police, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Squad

Marvin Nabwire 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Marvin Nabwire

“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.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Samuel Ayanrinde at his very best

Marked 8.21. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Kenya Police.

Player ratings

Yves Koutiama could have had three

4 attempts, none of them in. He got into the right places all afternoon, which is the hard part, and did the easy part badly — and that is the version of a bad day a manager can live with.

In brief

6 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Samuel Ayanrinde leads the rout of Nairobi United

5‑1, and Samuel Ayanrinde took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Kenya Police tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Squad

A day Samuel Ayanrinde will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Market

So close: Moise Mbombo’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Slask moved on, Moise Mbombo reports back to Kenya Police, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Market

Ambrose Sifuna 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 Kenya Police can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Kenya Police make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Kenya Police have 3 straight wins of it.

Match

Nobody could stop scoring

6 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about Kenya Police and Nairobi United in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Player ratings

Samuel Ayanrinde in the eights

A performance of 9.76 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marvin Nabwire 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Kenya Police

Samuel Ayanrinde 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.

In brief

3 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Kenya Police turn down CR Belouizdad for Moise Mbombo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Marvin Nabwire 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 Kenya Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Awesu Awesu 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.

Market

Muranga Seal watching David Okoth

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Kenya Police have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad

Yves Koutiama 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.

Match

Kenya Police share the spoils with Ulinzi Stars

A 1‑1 draw with Ulinzi Stars leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

The one thing Awesu Awesu could not do

Shots: 4, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Squad

Kenya Police pick somebody else ahead of Erick Zakayo

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.

Market

David Simiyu placed on the list

Kenya Police have made David Simiyu available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

2 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 8 of the 36 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Market

Kenya Police turn down APS Bomet for Gédéon Muyadi

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Marvin Nabwire 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 Kenya Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

Kenya Police come up short against Mathare United

Mathare United left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

No hiding place for Marvin Nabwire

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marvin Nabwire, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

One of those days for Samuel Ayanrinde

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.35, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market

APS Bomet join the queue for Kusi Nana Asante

Add another name to the list: APS Bomet have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Kusi Nana Asante. The answer from Kenya Police has not changed — yet.

Market

Still no ink between Kenya Police and Khadime N'Diaye

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Kenya Police, another week without a signature from Khadime N'Diaye.

Squad

Charles Ouma 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.

In brief