The AFC Leopards Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Samuel Semo
Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
AFC Leopards turn down Mathare United for Cleo Ssetuba
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Luke Daniels rejects the move
AFC Leopards had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at University of Pretoria, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kennedy Odhiambo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AFC Leopards this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kaycie Odhiambo 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Michael Okoth steps up from the AFC Leopards academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Okoth 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
One of our own: Clinton Karisa joins the AFC Leopards first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Clinton Karisa 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
Moses Ochieng steps up from the AFC Leopards academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Moses Ochieng 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Half-satisfied: Dennis Olunga on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 0‑0, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for AFC Leopards?
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Maxwell Otieno
- Squad Samuel Ssenyonjo says his piece