The Bandari Chronicle
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Thabiso Mokoena: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Bandari have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market2 Nov 2026
Only the photograph left for Erick Balecho
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Erick Balecho will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bandari the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages swallow 139% of the Bandari income
Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A falling-out at Bandari
Bertrand Konfor Ngafei and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Thabiso Mokoena
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Thabiso Mokoena has come out of that comparison in the side, and Bandari have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Erickson Mulu is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Joseph Onyango has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Bandari 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Somebody is after Levis Opiyo’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Levis Opiyo suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Bandari have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
A door opens for Mbarak Musa Omari
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Squad The penny has dropped for Thabiso Mokoena
- Loan watch The clock runs down on Shariff Amubwombe at KCB