Bernard Jairo

Goalkeeper - Nairobi United
13 Oct 2026
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Marked for Bernard Jairo

7 Edition

The Nairobi United Herald

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces14 Sep 2026

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 9 of the 26 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Market14 Sep 2026

The Mara Sugar deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Herman Mwambegu reports back to Nairobi United with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Match12 Sep 2026

Ulinzi Stars take the points off Nairobi United

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market14 Sep 2026

Bernard Jairo attracts admirers

The name of Bernard Jairo has come up in conversations Nairobi United were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Mustafa Kizza

“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.

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.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Benson Omalla runs at them all day

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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Nairobi United pick somebody else ahead of John Njuguna

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Squad14 Sep 2026

The plan did not have a place for Mustafa Kizza

Nobody at Nairobi United is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Nairobi United Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Shami Mwinyi scores twice — 8.83

Two goals and a mark of 8.83 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market31 Aug 2026

Enock Momanyi puts it in writing

“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.

The terraces31 Aug 2026

Supporters turn on the $89.0K sale of Brian Magare

He is going to Kariobangi Sharks, the club has $89.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.

Market31 Aug 2026

Nairobi United turn down Posta Rangers for Bernard Jairo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Nairobi United

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.

Match29 Aug 2026

Whatever happens, Nairobi United do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Market31 Aug 2026

Nairobi United sell Brian Magare for $89.0K

Brian Magare has left for Kariobangi Sharks in a $89.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Match29 Aug 2026

Shami Mwinyi sends Nairobi United past Muranga Seal

It finished 2‑1, and it was Shami Mwinyi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Nairobi United.

Squad31 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Benson Omalla

“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.

In brief

3 Edition

The Nairobi United Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

Bernard Jairo decides it from twelve yards

3 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match12 Aug 2026

Nairobi United bow out of the cup

APS Bomet go through and Nairobi United go home, 1‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Emmanuel Otieno pops up at the right end — 5.43

5.43, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A chastening introduction for Dancan Omala — 5.58

It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.58 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.

Market17 Aug 2026

Nairobi United say no — this time

The offer from Muranga Seal for Brian Magare 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Nairobi United

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.

Market17 Aug 2026

Tenuka Ranaweera moves on

Muranga Seal pay $34.0K, 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Ovella Ochieng

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ovella Ochieng, and the manager let it.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Enock Momanyi misses from twelve yards

It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.

In brief