The Sofapaka Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Sofapaka
David Nshimirimana and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match8 Aug 2026
David King'atua’s goal not enough for Sofapaka
David King'atua scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Bandari, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: George Manyama joins the Sofapaka first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Manyama 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
One of our own: John Ayumba joins the Sofapaka first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Ayumba 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
David Mulee steps up from the Sofapaka academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. David Mulee 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
Sofapaka promote Joseph Karisa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Joseph Karisa 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Edwin Lutta gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Japheth Lihanda
Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Ochieng Wanyama faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Ochieng Wanyama after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- Transfer targets Sofapaka try to borrow Reuben Otieno
- The dugout The form table has caught Brian Olang'o
- Squad David King'atua scores his first for Sofapaka