The Bidco United Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Bidco United
Daniel Kakai and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Bidco United rebuffed over Christopher Koloti
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AFC Leopards have kept their man, and Bidco United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Daniel Kakai was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Timothy Wanyama steps up from the Bidco United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Timothy Wanyama has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bidco United promote Harun Kipkirui from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Harun Kipkirui has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kevin Rupia joins the Bidco United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Rupia 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
Ochieng Mwendwa steps up from the Bidco United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ochieng Mwendwa has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
One of those days for Simon Munala
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.09, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match8 Aug 2026
Two points walk out of the ground
Level with 92 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Bidco United had all but put away. Ulinzi Stars will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.
In brief
- Transfer targets Bidco United try to borrow Randy Bakari
- Match Simon Munala rescues a point for Bidco United
- The dugout Kevin Njeru: “We have to be better”