The Kakamega Homeboyz Sentinel
Match9 Feb 2030
Kakamega Homeboyz strike at the death to beat Nairobi United
There were 87 minutes on the clock and Nairobi United had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Kakamega Homeboyz did not stop to explain themselves.
Player ratings11 Feb 2030
Derrick Otanga, 33, rolls back the years — 8.00
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.00 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad11 Feb 2030
Cohen Stander 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 Kakamega Homeboyz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad11 Feb 2030
Derrick Otanga falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match9 Feb 2030
Kakamega Homeboyz find a way past Nairobi United
Nairobi United made Kakamega Homeboyz work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings11 Feb 2030
Nobody could get near Joshua Nyatini
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad11 Feb 2030
No hiding place for Richard Omondi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Richard Omondi, and the manager let it.
Squad11 Feb 2030
Martin Olunga signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Martin Olunga and Kakamega Homeboyz agree another 3 years.
Market11 Feb 2030
The Joshua Nyatini story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Joshua Nyatini signs something — a contract at Kakamega Homeboyz or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Player ratings Richard Omondi changes it off the bench
- Market The market said no: Richard Omondi stays put
- Market The shop window has Sheva Sanggasi in it