The Mara Sugar Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Mara Sugar
Alex Imbusia 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
One of our own: Amos Mwendwa joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Amos Mwendwa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mara Sugar promote Eric Kamau from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eric Kamau 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Elvis Ochieng joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Elvis Ochieng is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Clinton Mulee joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Clinton Mulee is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Aineah Ndete
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Aineah Ndete, and the manager let it.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Jim Owili stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.15 on the card, and the Mara Sugar support went home talking about one name.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Peter Onyango was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Mara Sugar dressing room was either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nelson Likhanga is a square peg at Mara Sugar
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Match Mara Sugar and AFC Leopards cancel each other out
- The dugout Thomas Harun does not fit this one
- Player ratings Alex Imbusia runs at them all day