The Kakamega Homeboyz Sentinel
Match5 Feb 2028
10 unbeaten for Kakamega Homeboyz
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Kakamega Homeboyz did not have in the autumn.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Deadline passes with 8 signed and 1 gone
That is the business done at Kakamega Homeboyz until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Match5 Feb 2028
AFC Leopards end the Kakamega Homeboyz run at 9
Every run ends on an afternoon somebody had marked down as routine. This one went 9 matches, which is long enough that a town had stopped counting, and short enough that it will remember exactly who stopped it.
Boardroom7 Feb 2028
Graduation day at Kakamega Homeboyz
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
A falling-out at Kakamega Homeboyz
Portipher Odhiambo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market7 Feb 2028
John Kibwage steps up from the Kakamega Homeboyz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. John Kibwage 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
Kakamega Homeboyz promote Anthony Rupia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Rupia 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.
Market7 Feb 2028
One of our own: Eric Olunga joins the Kakamega Homeboyz first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eric Olunga 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
One of our own: David Mukangula joins the Kakamega Homeboyz first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Mukangula is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad Rodgers Ouma falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom Kakamega Homeboyz let a promise lapse
- Squad Elli Asieche signs on for more