The Mathare United Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Innocent Maphakisa 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mohammed Kilume 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Mamaye Coulibaly
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Mathare United will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mathare United and Kevin Ouru are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Mamaye Coulibaly
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Mathare United on Duncan Manyama
He is 16, and nobody at Mathare United signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mathare United sign Elvis Kahata, one for the future
Elvis Kahata is 14, and Mathare United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Mathare United on Ibrahim Muguna
He is 14, and nobody at Mathare United signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Herit Atariza was the difference for Mathare United
Marked 7.14. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
In brief
- Squad Mathare United pick somebody else ahead of Elli Asieche
- Match No goals between Mathare United and Kenya Police
- Player ratings The referee tires of Peter Oudu