Amos Olunga

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The Mara Sugar Chronicle

11 Jun 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

The terraces11 Jun 2035

Anger at Mara Sugar spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Market11 Jun 2035

Elvis Mbugua 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 The request is on a desk at Mara Sugar, and it is not being withdrawn.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 dugout11 Jun 2035

Ibrahim Kibwage keeps the receipts

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

Transfer targets11 Jun 2035

The paperwork begins on Edward Omondi Ondimo

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Mara Sugar have done the hard part with Mathare United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Transfer targets11 Jun 2035

No thanks: Nicholas Amuka rejects the move

Mara Sugar had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Ulinzi Stars, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Match9 Jun 2035

4 matches without a win for Mara Sugar

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Mara Sugar are no longer polite ones.

Transfer targets11 Jun 2035

Mara Sugar make their move for Izzadin Juma

$7.0K on the table at Bidco United. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad11 Jun 2035

Amos Olunga stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Amos Olunga and Mara Sugar agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad11 Jun 2035

Luyanda Makhathini falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

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The Mara Sugar Chronicle

12 Mar 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Mar 2035

Evans Omondi Ouma breaks a bone — 38 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 38 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match7 Mar 2035

Mara Sugar march on in the cup

Nairobi United are out and Mara Sugar go through, 2‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Player ratings12 Mar 2035

What a way to start for Ibrahim Kibwage — 7.45

1 on the scoresheet on his first appearance and a mark of 7.45 beside it. Most debuts are got through; this one was enjoyed, by him and by everybody watching it.

Match7 Mar 2035

Cruel end for Nairobi United as Mara Sugar pounce

There is no crueller way to lose a football match. Mara Sugar scored in the 105th minute, the restart barely happened, and the away end was still standing when the whistle went.

Player ratings12 Mar 2035

No sign of nerves from Elvis Mbugua at 17 — 8.08

The hardest thing about being 17 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Elvis Mbugua did not need any: 8.08, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Squad12 Mar 2035

Words exchanged at Mara Sugar

Luyanda Makhathini 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.

The terraces12 Mar 2035

One of their own: John Kahata

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match10 Mar 2035

A bad afternoon for Mara Sugar against Kenya Police

0‑2 to Kenya Police, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout12 Mar 2035

Harun Olunga gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief