Marked for Edward Masembe
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
Nowhere to hide for APS Bomet
0‑4 against Kariobangi Sharks, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Match12 Sep 2026
No end in sight to APS Bomet's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at APS Bomet has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Sven Yidah 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.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑4 defeat, delivered by Brian Kamau to a room that had heard them before.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at APS Bomet training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edward Masembe 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Beaten 4 times: a bad day for Morgan Ambuka
4 saves does not settle the argument about whose fault it was, and the argument will run all week. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines whoever caused them.
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Uneasy
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. APS Bomet have done the hard part with Shabana, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to APS Bomet's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at APS Bomet has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Hillary Otieno and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market24 Aug 2026
Kariobangi Sharks pay $38.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.94 on the card, and the APS Bomet support went home talking about one name.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match22 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Brian Kamau chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at APS Bomet training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Edward Masembe 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.
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Triumph
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Hillary Otieno and APS Bomet agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Hillary Otieno 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 targets3 Aug 2026
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.
Match1 Aug 2026
A 1‑0 win over Mathare United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.00 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Brian Kamau on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at APS Bomet
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Edward Masembe was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no offer on the table, and Curtis Wekesa’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.