Michael Isabwa

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Retired
18 Jan 2027
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8 Edition

The Mara Sugar Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad21 Sep 2026

10 saves: Evans Omondi Ouma was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 10 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad21 Sep 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 targets21 Sep 2026

Muranga Seal tell Mara Sugar: Elly Saenyi is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match19 Sep 2026

Mara Sugar come up short against Gor Mahia

Gor Mahia left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market21 Sep 2026

No place for Brian Ochieng in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Brian Ochieng has his answer from Mara Sugar; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Kelvin Mwavali 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.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Patrick Ayumba left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Christopher Koloti asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The plan did not have a place for Christopher Koloti

Nobody at Mara Sugar is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief

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1 Edition

The Mara Sugar Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Aug 2026

Evans Omondi Ouma stands alone

11 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match1 Aug 2026

Mara Sugar taken apart

0‑4 to AFC Leopards, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Market3 Aug 2026

Emmanuel Obala puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mara Sugar, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Alex Imbusia signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alex Imbusia and Mara Sugar agree another 3 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Mara Sugar

Alex Imbusia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Kelvin Mwavali 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.

Boardroom3 Aug 2026

Nobody left the Mara Sugar dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Market3 Aug 2026

Mara Sugar and Michael Isabwa are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Patrick Ayumba faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Patrick Ayumba after 0‑4, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

In brief