The Mara Sugar Chronicle
Squad8 Mar 2027
The knee: Timothy Ndayala out for 42 days
42 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Mara Sugar lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match3 Mar 2027
Mara Sugar bow out of the cup
Nairobi United go through and Mara Sugar go home, 1‑2 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market8 Mar 2027
Alex Imbusia puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mara Sugar, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
No sign of nerves from Kabelo Mokoele at 20 — 7.90
The hardest thing about being 20 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Kabelo Mokoele did not need any: 7.90, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad8 Mar 2027
John Otieno stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
John Owira: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Mara Sugar have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Michael Isabwa signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Michael Isabwa commits to Mara Sugar for another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Mara Sugar
Alex Imbusia was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
Mara Sugar supporters have found a favourite in Kabelo Mokoele
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Kabelo Mokoele has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Match Mara Sugar get the job done against Muranga Seal
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Aineah Ndete
- The dugout The view from the dugout