Marked for Samunya Amatton
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Steady
Player ratings31 May 2027
Successful dribbles: 42. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad31 May 2027
Nashon Alembi breaks a bone — 59 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 59 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market31 May 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout31 May 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market31 May 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KCB is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad31 May 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 May 2027
Whatever happens, KCB do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad31 May 2027
A row about effort at KCB
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Johnstone Omurwa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match31 May 2027
KCB at the halfway mark
Half the programme played, position 6, 30 on the board. Doubling it is the sum every supporter has done and the only one nobody at the club will do out loud.
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Market29 Mar 2027
Only the photograph left for Fortune Omoto
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Fortune Omoto will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around KCB the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom29 Mar 2027
Fortune Omoto has agreed to leave KCB for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at KCB
Kelvin Etemesi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings29 Mar 2027
7.99, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. KCB had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stephen Etyang 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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
At 22 nothing has moved for months. Not backwards, which would at least be a conversation — simply nowhere, and somebody at the club has to decide whose fault that is.
Match27 Mar 2027
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
The dugout29 Mar 2027
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Jesse Ayumba chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.
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Steady
Squad22 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Samunya Amatton out for 18 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KCB will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings22 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Tempers go at KCB
Kelvin Etemesi 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clyde Senaji 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.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
Half-satisfied: Jesse Ayumba on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Match20 Mar 2027
No goals between KCB and Tusker
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Tusker will be the happier side with the point.
The dugout22 Mar 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Looking ahead22 Mar 2027
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against AFC Leopards in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
Market22 Mar 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Johnstone Omurwa signs something — a contract at KCB or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
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Match13 Mar 2027
5‑0, and Dennis Kweyu took the headlines on an afternoon when everything KCB tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market15 Mar 2027
“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 KCB, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Up for the corner, and Dennis Kweyu delivers — 7.97
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Dennis Kweyu scored, was marked 7.97, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
Fortune Omoto was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.76. 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 ratings15 Mar 2027
Stephen Etyang was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.40. 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 ratings15 Mar 2027
Marked 8.31 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A row about effort at KCB
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Clyde Senaji was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Upbeat
Squad8 Mar 2027
34 days out for Samunya Amatton after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. KCB will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Successful dribbles: 27. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market8 Mar 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market8 Mar 2027
Jack Onganya has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around KCB they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa 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.
Match6 Mar 2027
Three points for KCB, 2‑1 the final word against Kenya Police in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Ninety minutes of Fortune Omoto at his very best
Marked 8.61. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at KCB.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Stephen Etyang 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tyron Kariuki makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
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Squad1 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Samunya Amatton out for 41 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KCB will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market1 Mar 2027
“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 KCB, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Mar 2027
Richard Omondi has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around KCB they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad1 Mar 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match27 Feb 2027
Muranga Seal left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Clyde Senaji 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Arnold Matumele
“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.
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Match20 Feb 2027
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 3‑0 against Bidco United, and it could have been more.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 48 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market22 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A falling-out at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces22 Feb 2027
KCB supporters have found a favourite in Tyron Kariuki
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Tyron Kariuki has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Ninety minutes of Patrick Otieno at his very best
Marked 8.42. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at KCB.
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
Stephen Etyang was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.29. 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Clyde Senaji 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.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Jesse Ayumba, on a 3‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
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Steady
Squad15 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Samunya Amatton out for 55 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KCB will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
KCB asked and Kaizer Chiefs said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match13 Feb 2027
0‑2 to Kariobangi Sharks, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings15 Feb 2027
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 9 actions, 6.74, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Jesse Ayumba after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Stephen Etyang 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.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
“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.
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Upbeat
Squad8 Feb 2027
62 days out for Samunya Amatton after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. KCB will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market8 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what KCB can pretend not to have heard.
Market8 Feb 2027
Only the photograph left for Jack Onganya
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jack Onganya will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around KCB the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Jesse Ayumba signs on for the long haul
KCB moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Jesse Ayumba, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Match6 Feb 2027
KCB make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now KCB have 3 straight wins of it.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 academy graduates step up at KCB
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kaizer Chiefs have kept their man, and KCB go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match6 Feb 2027
Three points for KCB, 2‑1 the final word against Mara Sugar in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A falling-out at KCB
Kelvin Etemesi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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Upbeat
Squad1 Feb 2027
69 days out for Samunya Amatton after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. KCB will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market1 Feb 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
KCB close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Market1 Feb 2027
Only the photograph left for Richard Omondi
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Richard Omondi will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around KCB the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
KCB asked and Maritzburg United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at KCB
Kelvin Etemesi and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Nashon Wekesa 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.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
A loan move for Miracle Ukadike is in the works
KCB have made the call to Warri Wolves. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
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Squad25 Jan 2027
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 76 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market25 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market25 Jan 2027
“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 KCB, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A falling-out at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
KCB asked and Bloemfontein Celtic said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad25 Jan 2027
A row about effort at KCB
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stephen Etyang was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
A loan enquiry to Maritzburg United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets25 Jan 2027
A loan enquiry to Kaizer Chiefs: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
The dugout25 Jan 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Upbeat
Squad18 Jan 2027
83 days out for Samunya Amatton after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. KCB will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market18 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market18 Jan 2027
Mara Sugar come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and KCB did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. KCB have done the hard part with Maritzburg United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom18 Jan 2027
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Richard Omondi has agreed terms with Mathare United for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words exchanged at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
KCB asked and Djoliba said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A row about effort at KCB
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nashon Wekesa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
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Upbeat
Squad11 Jan 2027
90 days out for Samunya Amatton after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. KCB will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market11 Jan 2027
“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 KCB, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market11 Jan 2027
The bid was some way short and KCB did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
Everything agreed with Bloemfontein Celtic, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
No thanks: Paul Ochuoga rejects the move
KCB had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Gor Mahia, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa 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.
Transfer targets11 Jan 2027
KCB asked and Kenya Police said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad11 Jan 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Shadrack Kobedi and KCB agree another 2 years.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A row about effort at KCB
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Clyde Senaji was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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Upbeat
Squad4 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Samunya Amatton out for 97 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KCB will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market4 Jan 2027
Dennis Kweyu 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 KCB can pretend not to have heard.
Squad4 Jan 2027
A move Shadrack Kobedi would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Shadrack Kobedi is living that version at KCB, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market4 Jan 2027
Only the photograph left for Jack Onganya
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Jack Onganya will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around KCB the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom4 Jan 2027
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Jack Onganya has agreed terms with Mathare United for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad4 Jan 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nairobi United have kept their man, and KCB go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market4 Jan 2027
Add another name to the list: Mara Sugar have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Samunya Amatton. The answer from KCB has not changed — yet.
Squad4 Jan 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Shadrack Kobedi and KCB agree another 2 years.
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Upbeat
Squad28 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Samunya Amatton out for 104 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KCB will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what KCB can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A falling-out at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad28 Dec 2026
22 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nashon Wekesa 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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 88% of everything KCB earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at KCB, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
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.
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Upbeat
Squad21 Dec 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 112 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nashon Wekesa 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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad14 Dec 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 120 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Johnstone Omurwa 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at KCB
Kelvin Etemesi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad7 Dec 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 127 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad7 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KCB this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
A row about effort at KCB
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nashon Wekesa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Elvis Ochoro and KCB agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Patrick Otieno is on it.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
The manager makes George Amonoo a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at KCB. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
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Upbeat
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A falling-out at KCB
Johnstone Omurwa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 126% of everything KCB earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at KCB training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nashon Wekesa 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A place in the month's best eleven for Apollo Otieno
Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Apollo Otieno has come out of that comparison in the side, and KCB have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
Arnold Matumele has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at KCB 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.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Samunya Amatton
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at KCB than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
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.
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Triumph
Match19 Aug 2026
Cup progress for KCB
A 3‑1 win over Posta Rangers, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Match22 Aug 2026
3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.95 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Jack Onganya, 20, plays like he has been here for years — 8.05
A mark of 8.05 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 20-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market24 Aug 2026
“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 KCB, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match22 Aug 2026
KCB make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now KCB have 3 straight wins of it.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
KCB agree a free transfer for Musa Oundo
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Kelvin Etemesi at his very best
Marked 9.07. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at KCB.