Caleb Kahata

Left Forward - Mathare United U18
24 Oct 2032
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Marked for Caleb Kahata

299 Edition

The Mathare United Sentinel

19 Apr 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings19 Apr 2032

A brace, and Christopher Koloti takes the afternoon — 8.51

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Christopher Koloti provided it, and the 8.51 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad19 Apr 2032

Dennis Magio keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Mathare United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad19 Apr 2032

Tempers go at Mathare United

Douglas Mokaya 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.

Match17 Apr 2032

Nobody wins at Mathare United

9 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

The terraces19 Apr 2032

Mathare United supporters have found a favourite in Caleb Kahata

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Caleb Kahata 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.

Match17 Apr 2032

Christopher Koloti sends Mathare United past Bandari

It finished 2‑0, and it was Christopher Koloti’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Mathare United.

Player ratings19 Apr 2032

John Nyawir runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad19 Apr 2032

Francis Kagere gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad19 Apr 2032

Herit Atariza dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

In brief

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257 Edition

The Mathare United Sentinel

30 Jun 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings30 Jun 2031

Nobody could get near John Nyawir

Successful dribbles: 37. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market30 Jun 2031

Radosław Skała is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Mathare United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Market30 Jun 2031

Martin Chemelil hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Mathare United can pretend not to have heard.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Tempers go at Mathare United

Douglas Mokaya 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.

Match28 Jun 2031

John Macharia the difference as Mathare United beat Posta Rangers

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: John Macharia. 2‑0 against Posta Rangers, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings30 Jun 2031

John Macharia in the eights

A performance of 8.15 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Ian Omondi gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Herit Atariza dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Squad30 Jun 2031

Caleb Kahata is the weekend's best young player

At 17 he is being measured against the rest of the division's kids and coming out in front. The senior version of this award is where the club would like this to lead.

In brief

256 Edition

The Mathare United Sentinel

23 Jun 2031
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match21 Jun 2031

Caleb Kahata settles it late for Mathare United

The 85th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Caleb Kahata decided nobody was going anywhere. Kariobangi Sharks had no time left to answer.

Player ratings23 Jun 2031

Caleb Kahata, 17, plays like he has been here for years — 7.68

A mark of 7.68 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 17-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Market23 Jun 2031

James Mulee asks to leave Mathare United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad23 Jun 2031

Douglas Mokaya 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 Mathare United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces23 Jun 2031

Mathare United supporters have found a favourite in Caleb Kahata

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 17-year-old it feels ownership of. Caleb Kahata 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.

Squad23 Jun 2031

Mohamed Moussa Koïta gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match21 Jun 2031

Mathare United find a way past Kariobangi Sharks

Kariobangi Sharks made Mathare United work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad23 Jun 2031

A Mathare United teenager takes the young player award

Caleb Kahata is 17, and for one weekend he was the best of everybody his age in the division. Nobody should build a career on it and everybody quietly does.

Player ratings23 Jun 2031

Nobody could get near John Macharia

Successful dribbles: 12. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief