The Kakamega Homeboyz Sentinel
Boardroom5 Feb 2035
Kakamega Homeboyz part company with the manager
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Boardroom5 Feb 2035
An empty coaching office at Kakamega Homeboyz
There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.
Squad5 Feb 2035
Brian Opondo keeps Kakamega Homeboyz in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Boardroom5 Feb 2035
Interim Coach minds the shop at Kakamega Homeboyz
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Interim Coach recited it perfectly.
Player ratings5 Feb 2035
John Osimhen, 20, steals the show — 7.68
Marked 7.68 at 20, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Match3 Feb 2035
9 unbeaten for Kakamega Homeboyz
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Kakamega Homeboyz did not have in the autumn.
Market5 Feb 2035
Calvin Onyeka has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Kakamega Homeboyz they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom5 Feb 2035
Window shuts: 8 in, 2 out at Kakamega Homeboyz
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 8 arrived, 2 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
The dugout5 Feb 2035
Moses Amuka says Kakamega Homeboyz 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.
In brief
- Squad Josephat Lopaga falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market One of our own: Michael Olunga joins the Kakamega Homeboyz first team
- Market One of our own: Duncan Juma joins the Kakamega Homeboyz first team