The Mara Sugar Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Tusker come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Mara Sugar did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Mara Sugar
Alex Imbusia 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Victor Mbugua joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Mbugua is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Francis Mukangula joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francis Mukangula is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: John Okoth joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Okoth is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Kelvin Mwavali
“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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Geoffrey Ojunga is in the works
Mara Sugar have made the call to Bandari. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mara Sugar ask about Lewis Shivachi
A loan enquiry to Posta Rangers: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mara Sugar try to borrow Reuben Otieno
Kenya Police have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- Player ratings Alex Imbusia beats them one at a time
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad The formation has left Joseph Odhiambo behind