Marked for Victor Augo
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad1 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for David King'atua
31 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sofapaka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market1 Feb 2027
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Sofapaka have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market1 Feb 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Sofapaka, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Sofapaka close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 2 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market1 Feb 2027
Everyone has stopped pretending: KCB will make the call about Douglas Ochoko this week. Sofapaka have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Meshack Omukhulu 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 dugout1 Feb 2027
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Sofapaka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Felix Mulyungi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Victor Augo 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 Victor Augo is on it.
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Steady
Squad11 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for David King'atua
53 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sofapaka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad11 Jan 2027
David Nshimirimana 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Sofapaka have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Sofapaka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Felix Mulyungi was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout11 Jan 2027
Brian Olang'o knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sofapaka, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad4 Jan 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for David King'atua
60 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sofapaka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sofapaka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Words at Sofapaka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Titus Achesa 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.
Market4 Jan 2027
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Felix Mulyungi has his answer from Sofapaka; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Douglas Ochoko may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad7 Dec 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for David King'atua
90 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sofapaka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad7 Dec 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 Sofapaka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Titus Achesa 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 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Victor Augo and Sofapaka agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Victor Augo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Sofapaka 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.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sofapaka, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad23 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for David King'atua
104 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sofapaka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sofapaka may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Sofapaka
David Nshimirimana and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Titus Achesa 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.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Douglas Ochoko, and the manager let it.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Brian Olang'o knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Brian Olang'o trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
80 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Sofapaka lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sofapaka may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad9 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 Sofapaka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Japheth Lihanda and Sofapaka agree another 3 years.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sofapaka, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
“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
Squad12 Oct 2026
David Nshimirimana damages knee ligaments — 110 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 110 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sofapaka may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad12 Oct 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 Sofapaka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market12 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Elvis Mainge has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market12 Oct 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Ouma has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Brian Olang'o, and the manager let it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Sofapaka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Titus Achesa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I watch every Sofapaka game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Muranga Seal runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Victor Augo 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 Victor Augo is on it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad24 Aug 2026
Victor Augo is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Victor Augo: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Sofapaka out
Out, 1‑1 to Bandari, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows 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 Sofapaka, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Sofapaka's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Sofapaka has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 2026
David Nshimirimana 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
Eugene Wethuli scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to KCB, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Sofapaka training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clifton Miheso 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.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. 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 dugout24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Edwin Lutta, and the manager let it.
In brief
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Wasi Ngala misses from twelve yards
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The dugout
The view from the dugout
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The dugout
Brian Olang'o knocks on the manager’s door