David Njeru

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Kakamega Homeboyz
11 Oct 2029
Thursday
Process

Marked for David Njeru

153 Edition

The Kakamega Homeboyz Sentinel

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Terms done: Collins Kamau is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and APS Bomet waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Kakamega Homeboyz is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Squad

Brandon Obiero signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Brandon Obiero and Kakamega Homeboyz agree another 2 years.

Player ratings

Moses Mudavadi ran the middle of the pitch — 7.47

He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 15 combined actions and a mark of 7.47, and not one of them will make a highlights package.

Match

Kelly Madada sends Kakamega Homeboyz past Sofapaka

It finished 2‑1, and it was Kelly Madada’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Kakamega Homeboyz.

Squad

Words exchanged at Kakamega Homeboyz

Portipher Odhiambo 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.

Player ratings

Henry Atola in the eights

A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

One of those days for Kelly Madada

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.07, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

Words at Kakamega Homeboyz training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Derrick Otanga 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.

Boardroom

Intake day at the Kakamega Homeboyz academy

7 arrivals, an average age nobody would call a squad, and a set of parents being shown around a building their sons will spend more time in than at home. The scouting has already happened; today is only the paperwork.

In brief

  • Squad A place in the month's best eleven for Kelly Madada
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • The dugout Somebody else is better right now than David Njeru
Back issues
149 Edition

The Kakamega Homeboyz Sentinel

4 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Whatever happens, Kakamega Homeboyz do not lose

22 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Market

Olayinka Obafemi asks to leave Kakamega Homeboyz

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Match

Nobody wins at Kakamega Homeboyz

12 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Squad

A falling-out at Kakamega Homeboyz

Joshua Nyatini and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Ulinzi Stars join the queue for Collins Kamau

Add another name to the list: Ulinzi Stars have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Collins Kamau. The answer from Kakamega Homeboyz has not changed — yet.

Player ratings

Joshua Nyatini runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Dean Mabunda signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dean Mabunda and Kakamega Homeboyz agree another 3 years.

Squad

Boniface Onyango makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Market

Oliver Machaka told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Oliver Machaka has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Kakamega Homeboyz.

In brief