The Mara Sugar Chronicle
Match9 Oct 2034
Full time on the season at Mara Sugar
Position 15 on 26 points. Every season is a story and this is the last line of it, and now the club has three months to decide what the next one is about.
Squad9 Oct 2034
Evans Omondi Ouma stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Squad9 Oct 2034
Brian Ochieng signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Brian Ochieng and Mara Sugar agree another 2 years.
Player ratings9 Oct 2034
Both jobs done by Clinton Manyama — 7.14
A midfielder is measured on whether the team functions when he is on the pitch, which is nearly impossible to see and completely obvious in retrospect. 13 actions, 7.14, and a manager who will not be substituting him again in a hurry.
The dugout9 Oct 2034
Harun Kipkirui frozen out at Mara Sugar
This is not rotation. Harun Kipkirui has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Mara Sugar is pretending otherwise.
Squad9 Oct 2034
Words at Mara Sugar training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Luyanda Makhathini 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.
Match7 Oct 2034
A bad afternoon for Mara Sugar against Shabana
0‑2 to Shabana, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market9 Oct 2034
Duncan Rupia steps up from the Mara Sugar academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Duncan Rupia 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.
Market9 Oct 2034
One of our own: Victor Olunga joins the Mara Sugar first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Victor Olunga is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Mara Sugar promote Ibrahim Kibwage from within
- Market David Olunga steps up from the Mara Sugar academy
- Boardroom 98% of the income goes out in wages at Mara Sugar