Eric Wanyama

Right Back - Free Agent
21 Dec 2030
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207 Edition

The Ulinzi Stars Courier

15 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Jul 2030

A fracture rules Shannel Makwata out for 60 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Ulinzi Stars will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match13 Jul 2030

Cup progress for Ulinzi Stars

A 1‑2 win over KCB, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

Match10 Jul 2030

Ulinzi Stars through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over KCB, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Player ratings15 Jul 2030

Ronwen Mothiba, 19, plays like he has been here for years — 8.46

A mark of 8.46 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 19-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings15 Jul 2030

Boniface Muchiri, 33, rolls back the years — 7.99

There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.99 at 33, and nobody on the pitch was better.

Market15 Jul 2030

Eric Wanyama 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 The request is on a desk at Ulinzi Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets15 Jul 2030

Nelson Likhanga is a medical away from Ulinzi Stars

The deal with Bandari is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets15 Jul 2030

Ulinzi Stars make their move for Timothy Odhiambo

$2.0K on the table at KCB. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad15 Jul 2030

Words exchanged at Ulinzi Stars

Comfort Ngubo 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.

In brief

Back issues
206 Edition

The Ulinzi Stars Courier

8 Jul 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad8 Jul 2030

71 days out for Shannel Makwata after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Ulinzi Stars will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match6 Jul 2030

Chastening afternoon for Ulinzi Stars

A 0‑4 beating by Shabana was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Transfer targets8 Jul 2030

$600.00 settles it between the clubs for Samuel Njau

Muranga Seal have accepted the money. What Ulinzi Stars do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Market8 Jul 2030

Charles Robinson hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ulinzi Stars can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout8 Jul 2030

Eric Wanyama keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ulinzi Stars may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market8 Jul 2030

So close: Ronwen Mothiba’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Nairobi United moved on, Ronwen Mothiba reports back to Ulinzi Stars, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Match6 Jul 2030

No end in sight to Ulinzi Stars's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ulinzi Stars has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad8 Jul 2030

Brandon Obiero stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Brandon Obiero and Ulinzi Stars agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad8 Jul 2030

Tempers go at Ulinzi Stars

Comfort Ngubo 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.

In brief

140 Edition

The Ulinzi Stars Courier

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad2 Apr 2029

Ibrahim Shambi breaks a bone — 34 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 34 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The dugout2 Apr 2029

Ronwen Mothiba says Ulinzi Stars 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.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Words exchanged at Ulinzi Stars

Shannel Makwata 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.

Squad2 Apr 2029

Eric Wanyama signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Eric Wanyama commits to Ulinzi Stars for another 3 years.

Squad2 Apr 2029

David Obasanjo named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. David Obasanjo is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Market2 Apr 2029

Talks stall between Ulinzi Stars and Boniface Andayi

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

The dugout2 Apr 2029

The manager makes an example of Erick Ongiri

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout2 Apr 2029

Boniface Andayi asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market2 Apr 2029

The Derrick Otanga question follows Ulinzi Stars around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Derrick Otanga’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief