The Sofapaka Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Nelson Likhanga agrees terms with Mara Sugar
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Sofapaka people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cleo Ssetuba due for a Sofapaka medical
Everything agreed with AFC Leopards, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Sofapaka
David Nshimirimana 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Bandari take the points off Sofapaka
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sofapaka promote Kenneth Juma from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kenneth Juma 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
Patrick Olunga steps up from the Sofapaka academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Olunga 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: David Chemelil joins the Sofapaka first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Chemelil is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Levis Ochieng lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑3 defeat, delivered by Martin Chemelil to a room that had heard them before.
In brief
- The dugout Levis Ochieng is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout Elijah Mulinya gets it from the manager
- The dugout Brian Olang'o knocks on the manager's door