Samuel Olunga

Right Midfielder - Kenya Police
16 Apr 2036
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Marked for Samuel Olunga

505 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

31 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad31 Mar 2036

A knee injury of the worst kind for Tyshick Mosengo

82 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Kenya Police lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad31 Mar 2036

A falling-out at Kenya Police

Uriel Puatany Nkodia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad31 Mar 2036

A row about effort at Kenya Police

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

The dugout31 Mar 2036

The manager makes an example of Timothy Rupia

“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.

Market31 Mar 2036

Kenya Police and Cormac Maher are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market31 Mar 2036

Emmanuel Lwangu linked with a move away

The name of Emmanuel Lwangu keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Kenya Police say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout31 Mar 2036

When it matters, Timothy Kahata 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 dugout31 Mar 2036

The manager makes Samuel Olunga a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Kenya Police. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

The dugout31 Mar 2036

Victor Nyakeya knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kenya Police, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

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489 Edition

The Kenya Police Herald

10 Dec 2035
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 Dec 2035

Peter Brown asks to leave Kenya Police

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad10 Dec 2035

Tempers go at Kenya Police

Mohamed Medjaji was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Boardroom10 Dec 2035

Wages swallow 129% of the Kenya Police income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Market10 Dec 2035

Kenya Police and Moussa Diarra are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad10 Dec 2035

Ejiro Abbey 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.

Market10 Dec 2035

The clock does Moussa Diarra’s negotiating for him

2 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Kenya Police could ask drops and the wages Moussa Diarra can ask rise.

The dugout10 Dec 2035

Declan Skura asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout10 Dec 2035

Brian Miheso 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.

Market10 Dec 2035

The William Gitama talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Kenya Police know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief