The Mathare United Sentinel
Market11 Jan 2027
Kariobangi Sharks come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Mathare United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Real improvement from Dennis Mukoye at Mathare United
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Dennis Mukoye is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
An offer of $13.0K for Reuben Juma
Mathare United have gone to Kenya Police with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A falling-out at Mathare United
Victor Omune and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Thabang Molefe arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Thabang Molefe has, at Mathare United, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Mathare United rebuffed over Alpha Onyango
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Gor Mahia have kept their man, and Mathare United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Mathare United ask about Kevin Omondi
A loan enquiry to Gor Mahia: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Thabang Molefe stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Thabang Molefe and Mathare United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
John Macharia has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Mathare United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Market Thabang Molefe joins Mathare United to strengthen the squad
- The dugout Daniel Odiwuor asks for a word with the manager