The Kakamega Homeboyz Sentinel
Boardroom31 Dec 2035
The scrutiny sharpens at Kakamega Homeboyz
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Kakamega Homeboyz is running low.
Squad31 Dec 2035
David Odoyo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Kakamega Homeboyz this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Dec 2035
Duncan Omurwa steps up from the Kakamega Homeboyz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Duncan Omurwa 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.
Market31 Dec 2035
Brian Mbugua steps up from the Kakamega Homeboyz academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Brian Mbugua 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.
Market31 Dec 2035
Kakamega Homeboyz promote Elvis Omurwa from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Elvis Omurwa has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market31 Dec 2035
Kakamega Homeboyz promote Patrick Juma from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Juma has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout31 Dec 2035
The manager makes an example of Khaled Mounir Allaoui
“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 dugout31 Dec 2035
Brian Opondo is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
The dugout31 Dec 2035
Josephat Lopaga gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Josephat Lopaga is on it.
In brief
- The dugout Cheikh Sané knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Amine Bennacer is out on the grass again