The Mara Sugar Chronicle
Market7 Feb 2028
Brian Ochieng 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 The request is on a desk at Mara Sugar, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Nassor Shikokoti: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Mara Sugar have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Mara Sugar close the window on a squad of their own making
6 in and 1 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Denis Owino stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Denis Owino and Mara Sugar agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Mara Sugar
Lwandile Khawuta 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.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Mara Sugar
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.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Words at Mara Sugar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tshepiso Mahlangu 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Collins Juma steps up from the Mara Sugar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Collins Juma 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Mara Sugar promote Eric Omurwa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Eric Omurwa 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: David Miheso joins the Mara Sugar first team
- The dugout Robinson Musungu frozen out at Mara Sugar
- Match KCB take the points off Mara Sugar