Ibrahim Olunga

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Mara Sugar
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322 Edition

The Mara Sugar Chronicle

27 Sep 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market27 Sep 2032

Ibrahim Olunga 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 The request is on a desk at Mara Sugar, and it is not being withdrawn.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 dugout27 Sep 2032

Kenny Kima Beyissa frozen out at Mara Sugar

This is not rotation. Kenny Kima Beyissa has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Mara Sugar is pretending otherwise.

Squad27 Sep 2032

Words exchanged at Mara Sugar

Erick Zakayo 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.

Match25 Sep 2032

A bad afternoon for Mara Sugar against Bandari

0‑1 to Bandari, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Transfer targets27 Sep 2032

The window shuts on the Kennedy Boateng deal

Mara Sugar ran out of time with Gor Mahia. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.

The dugout27 Sep 2032

Interim Coach answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad27 Sep 2032

Eric Kamau signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Eric Kamau and Mara Sugar agree another 3 years.

The dugout27 Sep 2032

When it matters, Brian Ochieng plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout27 Sep 2032

Brian Juma 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

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302 Edition

The Mara Sugar Chronicle

10 May 2032
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match8 May 2032

26 matches without a win for Mara Sugar

The run now stands at 26, and the questions being asked around Mara Sugar are no longer polite ones.

The dugout10 May 2032

Kenny Kima Beyissa frozen out at Mara Sugar

This is not rotation. Kenny Kima Beyissa has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Mara Sugar is pretending otherwise.

Market10 May 2032

Anthony Karisa 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 Mara Sugar can pretend not to have heard.

Squad10 May 2032

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.

Player ratings10 May 2032

Luyanda Makhathini runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match8 May 2032

Anthony Miheso rescues a point for Mara Sugar

It needed Anthony Miheso to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Sofapaka, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

The dugout10 May 2032

The manager makes an example of Nicholas Amuka

“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 dugout10 May 2032

Interim Coach on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Interim Coach after the 1‑1 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Squad10 May 2032

A row about effort at Mara Sugar

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ibrahim Olunga was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief