The Mathare United Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Daniel Odiwuor out for 68 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Mathare United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market8 Feb 2027
Elvis Ronack hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Mathare United can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Douglas Mokaya runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Mathare United
Alassane Coulibaly 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
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Mathare United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Peter Kahata joins the Mathare United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Kahata is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Feb 2027
Kenneth Olunga steps up from the Mathare United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kenneth Olunga 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.
Match6 Feb 2027
A bad afternoon for Mathare United against Nairobi United
0‑1 to Nairobi United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Mathare United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Herit Atariza is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Mathare United
- Squad Ian Omondi left out for tactical reasons at Mathare United
- Player ratings The pass was always on for John Macharia