Bandari U18

Kenyan Premier Division U18
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The Bandari Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market17 Aug 2026

Bandari turn down Mara Sugar for Geoffrey Ojunga

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Lewis Bandi is a medical away from Bandari

The deal with Gor Mahia is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Bandari

Amza Moubarack 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

Bandari come up short against APS Bomet

APS Bomet left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Martin Masika faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Martin Masika after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Rajab Omar runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Bandari ask about Thabiso Mokoena

A loan enquiry to University of Pretoria: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Brian Otieno Odera gives it away

There was no pressure on him and nowhere he had to be. Bandari lost a goal to a decision that took half a second and will be discussed all week.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Faraj Ominde

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Faraj Ominde, and the manager let it.

In brief

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The Bandari Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad10 Aug 2026

Amza Moubarack 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 Bandari this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market10 Aug 2026

Mara Sugar watching Geoffrey Ojunga

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Bandari have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Match8 Aug 2026

Mohammed Barisa sends Bandari past Sofapaka

It finished 2‑1, and it was Mohammed Barisa’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Bandari.

Market10 Aug 2026

James Kahata steps up from the Bandari academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Kahata 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 Aug 2026

Joseph Kipkirui steps up from the Bandari academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Kipkirui 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 Aug 2026

One of our own: Caleb Muguna joins the Bandari first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Caleb Muguna is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

The afternoon belonged to Mohammed Barisa

A mark of 7.98, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

A satisfied Martin Masika

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑1, Martin Masika could afford to be generous.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Amza Moubarack is off the mark for Bandari

The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.

In brief

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The Bandari Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

A brace, and Nyamawi Beja takes the afternoon — 8.97

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Nyamawi Beja provided it, and the 8.97 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Hassan Abdallah

Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Darius Msagha has been here 8 seasons

58 appearances across 8 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Hassan Abdallah signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Hassan Abdallah commits to Bandari for another 2 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Bandari

Amza Moubarack 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Words at Bandari training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Hassan Abdallah 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.

Match1 Aug 2026

Nyamawi Beja sends Bandari past Posta Rangers

It finished 2‑1, and it was Nyamawi Beja’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Bandari.

The terraces3 Aug 2026

The crowd has taken to Alfred Emoni

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Market3 Aug 2026

Mathare United join the queue for Erick Balecho

Add another name to the list: Mathare United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Erick Balecho. The answer from Bandari has not changed — yet.

In brief