The Bandari Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Bandari turn down AFC Leopards for Ally Yusuf
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Levis Opiyo 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 Bandari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Bandari training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hassan Abdallah 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 ratings17 Aug 2026
Alfred Emoni runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of David Sakwa
“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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nothing got past Swaleh Pamba
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 17 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad17 Aug 2026
William Wadri knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and William Wadri trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Match15 Aug 2026
Bandari draw a blank against Mathare United
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Mathare United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market17 Aug 2026
Rajab Omar placed on the list
Bandari have made Rajab Omar available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- Player ratings Amza Moubarack ran the game
- Market William Gitama leaves on loan