The Mara Sugar Chronicle
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Vintage Michael Isabwa — 7.85
At 33 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.85, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market7 Sep 2026
Dennis Cheruiyot 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 Mara Sugar can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Mara Sugar close the window on a squad of their own making
23 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Dennis Cheruiyot’s move to Muranga Seal falls through
The deal that would have taken Dennis Cheruiyot to Muranga Seal has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Mara Sugar with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Mara Sugar
Alex Imbusia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match5 Sep 2026
Mara Sugar end the wait against APS Bomet
It had gone 6 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Geoffrey Ojunga 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Mara Sugar get the job done against APS Bomet
A 2‑1 win over APS Bomet, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
One of their own: Donald Ange Paterne
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Brian Ochieng
- Squad Michael Isabwa is no longer first choice
- Squad 9 new faces, and Mara Sugar are still learning each other