The Mara Sugar Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
49 days out for Michael Isabwa after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Mara Sugar will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Ibrahim Wanzala
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Mara Sugar have done the hard part with Kakamega Homeboyz, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Mara Sugar
Alex Imbusia 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
Mara Sugar come up short against AFC Leopards
AFC Leopards left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sofapaka tell Mara Sugar: Douglas Ochoko is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Collins Omurwa joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Collins Omurwa 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
Mara Sugar promote Ibrahim Mwendwa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ibrahim Mwendwa 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Francis Kahata joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Francis Kahata 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 Kahata joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Kahata is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout Vincent Mulama gets it from the manager
- Squad No place for Meshack Karani in the new shape
- The dugout The manager’s verdict