The Shabana Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Maxwell Mulili asks to leave Shabana
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shabana turn down Muranga Seal for Dalphine Omuri
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
The paperwork begins on Oliver Machaka
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Shabana have done the hard part with Kakamega Homeboyz, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Shabana
George Onyango 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ibrahim Ochieng steps up from the Shabana academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ibrahim 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jesse Rupia joins the Shabana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jesse Rupia is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Kakamega Homeboyz take the points off Shabana
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Mark Okola 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Patrick Omurwa left the room before anybody could ask which.
In brief
- Player ratings James Mazembe runs at them all day
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Keith Imbali
- Squad Brian Junior Olega says his piece