Author: Bonface Osano

Former Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche has ruled out making a comeback, saying he has another offer elsewhere. The 51-year-old, who was in Kenya recently, has been linked to the vacant job at Stars following the departure of Frenchman Sébastién Migné on Monday. Migné and the Football Kenya Federation (KFK) agreed to part ways mutually after 14 months in charge. Read: Striker Allan Wanga Quits International Football After Harambee Stars Snub Adel, who managed the team for 18 months between 2013 and 2014, tweeted that he may have wished to return but there has been no formal engagement. He also…

Athletics and volleyball teams for African Games have been kicked out of the Luke Hotel, Nairobi for lack of payment. The teams have been putting up at the facility since Monday last week in preparations for the continental games scheduled for August 19 to 31 in Morocco. The management of the hotel had on Saturday locked out some athletes from accessing the hotel but only agreed to allow them in after Team Kenya officials promised they would clear half of their bills. The athletes were instructed to leave the hotel rooms with their luggage at 6pm on Tuesday when they…

Gor Mahia defender Joash Onyango has been nominated for defender of the year award by the Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK). The SJAK Awards will take place on Monday, 19 August 2019. Onyango, nicknamed Berlin Wall, was a breakout star for both club and country in the season. A last minute injury, however, denied him a life time opportunity to grace the 2019 AFCON in Egypt. Read: OPINION: Harambee Stars Does Not Need Local Or Foreign Coach But An Independent One He won the league with Mahia and helped them to the quarters of the CAF Confederation Cup for…

The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) on Monday announced that they had parted ways with Harambee Stars coach Sébastien Migné on mutual grounds. It marked an end to the Frenchman’s 14-month tenure at the helm of Kenya’s most loved team, which was laced with loud cries of biased or influenced player selection. The former Congo Brazzaville manager is largely credited with guiding the Stars back to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after a 15-year drought, however, some observers reckon that the expansion of the biggest continetal showpiece from 16 to 24 teams may have aided this return. Read: Harambee Stars…

For the umpteenth time under the Jubilee government a national team on national duty has come out publicly to seek for help after neglect. Kenya’s Women’s Basketball side, the Lady Morans, who are currently taking part in the FIBA AfroBasket Women championship in Dakar, Senegal on Monday made a video outing their tough working environment. According to one of the players in the video which has since gone viral online, they only traveled with ten players and a coach. Read: Kenya Morans Cruise Past Morocco To Get To The AfroCan Finals https://twitter.com/bonfaceosano/status/1160982444209770496 And if that was not enough burden, they…

The Football Kenya (FKF) and Harambee Stars coach Sebastien Migné have agreed to part ways. The Frenchman penned a three-year-deal in 2018 to coach the Stars for a reported monthly salary of Ksh1.5 million. “FKF and Migné have agreed on a settlement for the coach, over a period,” FKF statement reads. After being eliminated from the 2020 CHAN qualifiers by Tanzania two weeks ago, Migné rudely said that firing him would be so costly. According to reports, the FKF needed close to Ksh50 million in compensation to get rid of the coach. Migné guided the Stars to the 2019 Africa…

The use of juju or muthi or kamote or black magic to influence outcome of a football match is an old practice especially in Africa. Even though nobody openly admits its existence, some Sangomas (witchdoctors) have been caught in action. Ahead of Saturdays’s African Champions League match between Green Eagles of Zambia and Orlando Pirates of South Africa, a battle of witches ensued at Nkoloma Stadium, Zambia. Read: Harambee Stars Winger Clifton Miheso Becomes Coach Pollak’s First Signing Immediately after Pirates’ Sangoma was done sprinkling some white liquid on one of the goalposts, his Eagles counterpart moved in real shift…

Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga registered his first hat-trick in Japan today! The Engineer as he is fondly known scored thrice as Kashiwa Reysol hammered Renofa Yamaguchi in the Japanese second division league. https://twitter.com/bonfaceosano/status/1160205110879932418?s=19 Olunga, who scored twice for the Harambee Stars during the just ended Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, became the first Kenyan to score a hat-trick in Spanish LaLiga while playing for Gerona. The win cemented Kashiwa’s lead at the top of the table with 55 points – 4 clear of second placed Kyoto Sanga. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find…

Divock Origi declared that “there’s something special going on” going on at Liverpool after beating Norwich City. The Reds were flamming hot in their English Premier League season opener, hitting the newly promoted side 4-1 at Anfield. Origi, a goalscorer during the Champions League final triumph over Tottenham Hotspur back in June, was again on the scoresheet when he netted the Reds’ fourth after a Grant Hanley own goal and efforts from Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk. “As a first game, we wanted to make another step from the game against [Manchester] City and obviously winning 4-1 against a…

Harambee Stars winger Clifton has penned a two-year-deal to join Gor Mahia, Kahawa Tungu can exclusively reveal. Miheso, 26, becomes coach Steven Pollak’s first signing. Pollack was on Thursday officially unveiled as the new Gor Mahia coach. The former Thika United and AFC Leopards player joins the record KPL champions from division two side Police FC. Miheso spent last season playing for Buildcon FC of Zambia and Portuguese side Clube Olímpico do Montijo. He greatly impressed Pollak in a friendly which Gor Mahia played against Police on Wednesday at Camp Toyoyo. The match ended 3-2 in favor of Gor Mahia.…

George Odhiambo has penned a two-year deal to join Kenyan Premier League giants Tusker FC. Famously known as “Blackberry”, the winger move to the Brewers from city rivals Gor Mahia FC after seeing through his contract. Odhiambo,has been with K’Ogalo since 2014 when he returned to the club from professional stints abroad. Read: Shabana FC Fined Ksh20,000 For Crowd Trouble In the six years he was with the record KPL holders Gor Mahia, Blackberry won five KPL titles plus numerous other accolades. He was a core part of K’Ogalo that reached the CAF Confederation Cup quarterfinals last season. Meanwhile, midfielder…

Tottenham midfielder Victor Wanyama has reportedly sued Menengai Oil Refineries over image rights infringement. The Harambee Stars skipper is understood to have filed a case at the Milimani Law courts on Wednesday, August 7, seeking compensation for copyright infringement. In the run up to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, Menengai Group twitter handle put out a tweet which included images of Wanyama, Ovella Ochieng’ and Michael Olunga. Read: Kenya National Basketball Team ‘The Morans’ Given Heroes Welcome By Governor Sonko (Photos) According to Wanyama’s legal team, the tweet was promotional and not intended to to rally fans…

Arsenal have rejected a Ksh3.7 billion bid from Everton for midfielder Alex Iwobi, Sky Sports News reports. The 23-year-old is under contract at the Emirates until 2022 and made 35 Premier League appearances last season, scoring three goals and assisting seven. However, Sky sources understand Everton are expected to return with an improved offer before the transfer window closes at 5pm on Thursday. Read: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Is Positive Paul Pogba Will Remain At Manchester United Meanwhile, Everton have ended efforts to sign Watford midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on…

New Gor Mahia coach Steven Pollack has arrived in the country from Finland. Pollack, 58, touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport shortly after 2.00pm. He will takeover from Turkish Cypriot Hasan Oktay, who resigned on Tuesday citing personal matters. Read: Harambee Stars Hit Camp As Focus Shifts To CHAN Qualifiers The former Asante Kotoko manager will watch the team as they take on Police FC in a friendly match at Camp Toyoyo on Wednesday morning. Pollack’s immediate assignment will be to guide Gor Mahia past Black Eagles of Burundi in the CAF Champions League preliminary round starting with…

Hasan Oktay has resigned as the coach of Kenyan Premier League giants Gor Mahia due to personal challenges. Oktay formerly communicated his decision to quit to the club chairman Ambrose Rachier on Tuesday. “Kindly accept my resignation as Gor Mahia FC head coach effective today, the sixth day of August 2019. As you are aware, the decision has been forced on me by the personal challenges I am facing here in Europe,” he said in a statement. Read: Gor Mahia Coach Promises To Return As He Leaves To Attend To Family Issues The Turkish Cypriot, who joined K’Ogalo in December…