The KCB Chronicle
Squad8 Feb 2027
49 days out for Elvis Ochoro after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. KCB will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Nashon Alembi keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” KCB may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match6 Feb 2027
KCB make home a hard place to visit
10 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at KCB
Hlompho Dala was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at KCB
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces8 Feb 2027
KCB supporters have found a favourite in Hlompho Dala
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Hlompho Dala has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market8 Feb 2027
Peter Mwendwa steps up from the KCB academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
KCB promote Amos Kipkirui from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Amos Kipkirui 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Joseph Mukangula joins the KCB first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Mukangula is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Collins Mukangula joins the KCB first team
- Squad Nashon Wekesa falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Nicholas Kipkirui reaches 100 appearances