Samuel Kapen

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Gor Mahia
23 Jan 2027
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Marked for Samuel Kapen

9 Edition

The Gor Mahia Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match26 Sep 2026

Gor Mahia make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Gor Mahia have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Gor Mahia

Alpha Onyango 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.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

A defender's afternoon for Alpha Onyango

Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

The terraces28 Sep 2026

The crowd has taken to Asanele Velebayi

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match26 Sep 2026

Asanele Velebayi sends Gor Mahia past Kariobangi Sharks

It finished 2‑0, and it was Asanele Velebayi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Gor Mahia.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Ninety minutes of Samuel Kapen at his very best

Marked 8.55. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Gor Mahia.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

One of those days for Asanele Velebayi

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.16, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Sylvester Owino 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.

Squad28 Sep 2026

No hiding place for Shahzodbek Ubaydullayev

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

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Gor Mahia Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market31 Aug 2026

Samuel Kapen 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 Gor Mahia can pretend not to have heard.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Shariff Musa 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.

Match29 Aug 2026

Michael Kibwage the difference as Gor Mahia beat Mathare United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Michael Kibwage. 2‑1 against Mathare United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Michael Kibwage in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gor Mahia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces31 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Asanele Velebayi

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Michael Kibwage was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.73. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Asanele Velebayi

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Philemon Otieno 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.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Sylvester Owino 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 Gor Mahia, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

1 Edition

The Gor Mahia Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market3 Aug 2026

Samuel Kapen 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 Gor Mahia, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market3 Aug 2026

FC Diarra come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Gor Mahia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Alpha Onyango signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alpha Onyango commits to Gor Mahia for another 3 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Alpha Onyango in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Gor Mahia this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Frank Odhiambo 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.

Market3 Aug 2026

Alpha Onyango told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Alpha Onyango has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Gor Mahia.

In brief