Marked for Charles Ouma
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market11 Jan 2027
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Kenya Police people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market11 Jan 2027
Job Ochieng hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kenya Police can pretend not to have heard.
Market11 Jan 2027
The bid was some way short and Kenya Police did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market11 Jan 2027
Ambrose Sifuna has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kenya Police they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom11 Jan 2027
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Marvin Nabwire 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
Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Awesu Awesu 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.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Samuel Ayanrinde 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.
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Steady
Market14 Dec 2026
Only the photograph left for Ambrose Sifuna
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ambrose Sifuna will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kenya Police the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Samuel Ayanrinde 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.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kusi Nana Asante, and the manager let it.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Charles Ouma has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Kenya Police 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Still no offer on the table, and Exauce Misuri’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes Job Ochieng a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Kenya Police. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
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Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Hernest Malonga out for 14 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kenya Police will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market16 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Kenya Police is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad16 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kenya Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marvin Nabwire was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Job Ochieng
“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 dugout16 Nov 2026
Charles Ouma gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Charles Ouma is on it.
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Steady
Squad26 Oct 2026
37 days out for Hernest Malonga after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Kenya Police will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marvin Nabwire was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Brian Musa has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Kenya Police 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 45 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market19 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Kenya Police is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Geordy Ndecket and Kenya Police agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Marvin Nabwire 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Clinton Okinyi 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
Job Ochieng told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Job Ochieng has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Kenya Police.
The dugout19 Oct 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.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Geordy Ndecket 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad28 Sep 2026
67 days out for Hernest Malonga after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Kenya Police will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kenya Police this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Awesu Awesu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Awesu Awesu
A mark of 7.68, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Match26 Sep 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“It is not the end of the world and it is not good enough. Both of those are true.” The manager, after a 1‑1 draw, said the honest thing and then went to say it again inside.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Stephen Okola, and the manager let it.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
10 shots, and a count that reads like a good afternoon until you check the other column. Strikers survive weeks like this on the understanding that the chances keep arriving; the day they stop is the day it becomes a problem.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Hernest Malonga out for 75 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Kenya Police will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
A brace, and Samuel Ayanrinde takes the afternoon — 8.92
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Samuel Ayanrinde provided it, and the 8.92 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market21 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for Ambrose Sifuna
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ambrose Sifuna will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kenya Police the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings21 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
It finished 2‑0, and it was Samuel Ayanrinde’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kenya Police.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Marvin Nabwire and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Collins Njeru on a 2‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
Market21 Sep 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kenya Police has been clear about where Samuel Boamah Quansah stands, which is more than many ever get.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Gédéon Muyadi
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 48. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Khadime N'Diaye: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match19 Aug 2026
Bandari ended it 1‑1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad24 Aug 2026
36 days out for Brian Okoth after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Kenya Police will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market24 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 Kenya Police, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Kenya Police's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Kenya Police has to find a result from somewhere.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from FC Diarra for Alvin Mangeni was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market24 Aug 2026
The name of Reagan Otieno has come up in conversations Kenya Police were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Kenya Police training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Geordy Ndecket 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.