The Mathare United Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Terms done: Donald Ange Paterne is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Posta Rangers waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Mathare United is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Victor Omune signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Victor Omune commits to Mathare United for another 2 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mathare United make their move for Olagoke Olajobi
$33.0K on the table at Shooting Stars. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Victor Omune 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 Mathare United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Dennis Miheso joins the Mathare United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dennis Miheso 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
Samuel Mwendwa steps up from the Mathare United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel 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
Duncan Olunga steps up from the Mathare United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Duncan 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
John Nyawir was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mathare United try to borrow David Simiyu
Kenya Police have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Match No goals between Mathare United and APS Bomet
- The dugout Victor Omune left out for tactical reasons at Mathare United