The Nairobi United Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
Bernard Jairo decides it from twelve yards
2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Match12 Aug 2026
Cup progress for Nairobi United
A 0‑0 win over APS Bomet, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market17 Aug 2026
AFC Leopards come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Nairobi United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Shami Mwinyi yet — 7.82
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.82 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Nairobi United
Yusuf Mainge 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Nairobi United sell Dancan Omala for $42.0K
Dancan Omala has left for Tusker in a $42.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Match15 Aug 2026
Nairobi United get the job done against Kariobangi Sharks
A 2‑1 win over Kariobangi Sharks, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Ovella Ochieng
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ovella Ochieng, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
The shop window has Ovella Ochieng in it
Nairobi United have let the market know Ovella Ochieng can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
In brief
- Squad Mustafa Kizza knocks on the manager’s door
- Player ratings Off the pace: David Wafula
- Player ratings Michael Jairo runs at them all day