The Mathare United Sentinel
Match8 Aug 2026
George Odhiambo settles it late for Mathare United
The 85th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and George Odhiambo decided nobody was going anywhere. Kenya Police had no time left to answer.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and George Odhiambo takes the afternoon — 8.50
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. George Odhiambo provided it, and the 8.50 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kevin Ouru keeps Mathare United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
John Makwatta, 34, rolls back the years — 7.84
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.84 at 34, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near John Nyawir
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Mathare United
George Odhiambo 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
Door shut on George Amonoo
Mathare United asked and Gor Mahia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
George Odhiambo sends Mathare United past Kenya Police
It finished 2‑1, and it was George Odhiambo’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Mathare United.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mathare United promote Clinton Okoth from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Clinton Okoth 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Dennis Kibwage joins the Mathare United first team
- Market Mathare United promote David Juma from within
- Market One of our own: Kenneth Manyama joins the Mathare United first team