Marked for Frank Ouya
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nairobi United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Prince Buregeya 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.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Brian Omondi
7.44, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Nairobi United had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A promise honoured for Frank Ouya
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Nairobi United told Frank Ouya something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
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Uneasy
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Frank Ouya
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market14 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The medical room confirms 44 days on the sidelines for Roy Okal, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Nairobi United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yusuf Mainge 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
“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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Ulinzi Stars? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
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Crisis
Market7 Sep 2026
“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 Nairobi United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Up for the corner, and Prince Buregeya delivers — 7.66
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Prince Buregeya scored, was marked 7.66, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The medical room confirms 27 days on the sidelines for Ovella Ochieng, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Frank Ouya scored one and made one — 7.54
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.54, and 2 involvements.
Match5 Sep 2026
3‑4 to Kenya Police, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes of Benson Omalla at his very best
Marked 8.24. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Nairobi United.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Yusuf Mainge 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to John Otieno, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 35. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market24 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Nairobi United can pretend not to have heard.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Nairobi United's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Nairobi United has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Yusuf Mainge 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Yusuf Mainge 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Frank Ouya dropped after a run of poor form
The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.
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Crisis
Market10 Aug 2026
“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 Nairobi United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 55 days on the sidelines for Ovella Ochieng, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Yusuf Mainge 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Prince Buregeya, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Frank Ouya is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Nairobi United has been clear about where Frank Ouya stands, which is more than many ever get.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Marked 7.85 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Nairobi United had the best player on the pitch.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.