The Mara Sugar Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
7 saves: Evans Omondi Ouma was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Alex Imbusia signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alex Imbusia and Mara Sugar agree another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Mara Sugar
Alex Imbusia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Mara Sugar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael Isabwa 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Mara Sugar come up short against Tusker
Tusker left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Aineah Ndete 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Mara Sugar and Michael Isabwa are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Duncan Ochieng: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Market3 Aug 2026
49 months and counting on Ibrahim Ochieng
Still no offer on the table, and Ibrahim Ochieng’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
In brief
- Transfer targets Mara Sugar try to borrow Ebenezer Adukwaw
- Transfer targets A loan move for Geoffrey Onyango is in the works
- Transfer targets A loan move for Bernard Jairo is in the works