The Nairobi United Herald
The dugout7 Feb 2028
Kevin Otiende keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nairobi United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Nairobi United close the window on a squad of their own making
5 in and 2 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
Thamsanqa Jali is a Nairobi United player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad7 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Nairobi United
Gad Mathews and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
1 academy graduates step up at Nairobi United
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Michael Njeru joins the Nairobi United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Njeru is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Feb 2028
The ambition of Thamsanqa Jali outgrows Nairobi United early
Signings arrive with a picture of the club in their head, and this one’s picture was bigger than the building. He will play well and he will be gone, in that order, and everybody knows it.
Squad7 Feb 2028
7 new faces, and Nairobi United are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Squad7 Feb 2028
Elvis Ronack signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Elvis Ronack and Nairobi United agree another 2 years.
In brief
- Match Nairobi United share the spoils with Mathare United
- Boardroom Belts tighten at Nairobi United
- The dugout Amos Amuka: “We have to be better”