The Ulinzi Stars Courier
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Boniface Muchiri
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A first appearance Javan Omondi will want to forget — 5.70
Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.70, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.
Market17 Aug 2026
Ulinzi Stars say no — this time
The offer from CotonTchad for Shannel Makwata 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 Ulinzi Stars
George Odhiambo 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for George Odhiambo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to George Odhiambo, and the manager let it.
Match15 Aug 2026
Ulinzi Stars come up short against Kenya Police
Kenya Police left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Shambi 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Shambi 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Abdalla Hamisi could not find anything
5.73. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.
In brief
- Player ratings An afternoon George Odhiambo will want back
- Market The shop window has Simon Omondi in it
- Market Ulinzi Stars bring in Victor Ngume on loan