The Bandari Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Erick Balecho out for 139 days
139 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Bandari lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and William Gitama takes the afternoon — 8.68
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. William Gitama provided it, and the 8.68 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Hassan Abdallah was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Amza Moubarack 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 Bandari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Bandari against APS Bomet
2‑3 to APS Bomet, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to William Gitama
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bandari promote Patrick Njeru from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Njeru 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
John Mwendwa steps up from the Bandari academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Mwendwa 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
Bandari promote Anthony Mbugua from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Mbugua 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.
In brief
- Market Bandari promote Ibrahim Kamau from within
- Match William Gitama answers APS Bomet immediately
- The dugout Elvis Ayumba faces the questions