Aineah Ndete

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Mara Sugar
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4 Edition

The Mara Sugar Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match22 Aug 2026

No end in sight to Mara Sugar's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Mara Sugar has to find a result from somewhere.

Match22 Aug 2026

Mara Sugar cannot find the net

5 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

The paperwork begins on Lewis Shivachi

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Mara Sugar have done the hard part with Posta Rangers, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Mara Sugar

Alex Imbusia 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.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Cleo Ssetuba

Mara Sugar asked and AFC Leopards said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Mara Sugar

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Michael Isabwa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match22 Aug 2026

Mara Sugar come up short against Kakamega Homeboyz

Kakamega Homeboyz left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Benard Okinyi

“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.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Duncan Kagere answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Mara Sugar Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match12 Aug 2026

Mara Sugar out of the cup

Muranga Seal ended it 0‑2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Reuben Otieno due for a Mara Sugar medical

Everything agreed with Kenya Police, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Match15 Aug 2026

4 matches without a win for Mara Sugar

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Mara Sugar are no longer polite ones.

Match15 Aug 2026

4 matches without a goal for Mara Sugar

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Alex Imbusia 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 Mara Sugar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Geoffrey Ojunga

Mara Sugar asked and Bandari said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Michael Isabwa 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.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Duncan Kagere: “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 0‑0 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.

Market17 Aug 2026

Talks stall between Mara Sugar and Benard Okinyi

“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.

In brief

2 Edition

The Mara Sugar Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 Aug 2026

Tusker come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Mara Sugar did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Mara Sugar

Alex Imbusia and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Victor Mbugua joins the Mara Sugar first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Mbugua 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

One of our own: Francis Mukangula joins the Mara Sugar first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francis Mukangula 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

One of our own: John Okoth joins the Mara Sugar first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Okoth is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Kelvin Mwavali

“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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

A loan move for Geoffrey Ojunga is in the works

Mara Sugar have made the call to Bandari. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Mara Sugar ask about Lewis Shivachi

A loan enquiry to Posta Rangers: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Mara Sugar try to borrow Reuben Otieno

Kenya Police 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

  • Player ratings Alex Imbusia beats them one at a time
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Squad The formation has left Joseph Odhiambo behind