The Kakamega Homeboyz Sentinel
Market10 Sep 2035
John Osimhen 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.
Boardroom10 Sep 2035
Kakamega Homeboyz to lose Samad Popoola for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Samad Popoola has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Sep 2035
Harry Fisher gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Harry Fisher has just signed for Kakamega Homeboyz, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Sep 2035
Words at Kakamega Homeboyz training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Odoyo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market10 Sep 2035
Joseph Olunga steps up from the Kakamega Homeboyz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Olunga 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.
Market10 Sep 2035
Samuel Olunga steps up from the Kakamega Homeboyz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samuel Olunga 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.
Market10 Sep 2035
Elvis Olunga steps up from the Kakamega Homeboyz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Elvis Olunga 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.
Squad10 Sep 2035
Words exchanged at Kakamega Homeboyz
Jonathan Allen 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 dugout10 Sep 2035
The manager makes an example of Sthabiso Ngwenya
“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.
In brief
- Squad Kakamega Homeboyz count the cost of losing Tyler Martin
- The dugout Josephat Lopaga gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Martin Wanyama asks for a word with the manager