The Shabana Post
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Kevin Munika says Shabana went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market8 Feb 2027
Bronson Nsubuga puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Shabana, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Shabana
George Onyango 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 Shabana
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.
Match6 Feb 2027
Shabana see off Kariobangi Sharks
Three points for Shabana, 2‑1 the final word against Kariobangi Sharks in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces8 Feb 2027
The crowd has taken to Ezekiah Omuri
At 20 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
James Mazembe was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
One of our own: Nicholas Karisa joins the Shabana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nicholas Karisa 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
One of our own: Kevin Ayumba joins the Shabana first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Ayumba 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 Duncan Mainge steps up from the Shabana academy
- The dugout Bryan Michira gets it from the manager
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Erick Otieno