The KCB Chronicle
Squad7 Feb 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Stephen Etyang
25 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. KCB lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at KCB
Gideon Werre 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at KCB
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: John Mukangula joins the KCB first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Mukangula is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: James Olunga joins the KCB first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. James Olunga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Feb 2028
KCB promote Moses Mukangula from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Moses Mukangula 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Samuel Rupia steps up from the KCB academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Rupia 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.
Match5 Feb 2028
Kelvin Etemesi the difference as KCB beat Mara Sugar
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Kelvin Etemesi. 1‑0 against Mara Sugar, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad7 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Patrick Otieno
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad Nashon Wekesa falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings Kelvin Etemesi stands above it all
- Boardroom KCB turn down the training-ground plan