Kenya premier league teams under the KPL caucus issued a press briefing declining to participate in the caretaker committee sanctioned league beginning this season. Led by Gor Mahia FC acting CEO Raymond Oruo, the clubs pointed at several challenges they have been facing including, the dwindling of soccer standards in the country owing to the FIFA suspension on Kenya. Sports CS Amina Mohamed instituted the caretaker committee led by retired Justice Harun Ringera to oversee football activities pending the corruption investigation on FKF chairman Nick Mwendwa. With the new premier league season set to kick off next month, it remains…
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Gor Mahia FC long-serving team manager Mr. Jolawi Obondo has been sent on a 30-day annual leave. The official who has been serving the record football champions for approximately 20 years now, has a decorated history with the premier league giants ranging from continental to local achievements in the same capacity. In a letter signed by the club’s Secretary General Sam Ochola and copied to the Executive Committee and the CEO reads in part; It has come to the notice of the secretariat that since the term of the current Executive Committee commenced in August 2020, you’ve not taken your…
Gor Mahia has signed a three-year sponsorship pact with Sportpesa in a ceremony event in Nairobi. The two entities have partnered once again in a deal worth KSh 80 million per season. As the official shirt sponsor, the SportPesa name is back on Gor Mahia’s playing kit. In what Gor Mahia termed as ‘coming back home, the club said the move was necessitated by the need for holistic support beyond financial aspects. K’Ogalo chairman Ambrose Rachier said SportPesa is a valued partner owing to the many value additions it offered the team previously, noting that it helped grow the Gor…
Gor Mahia FC skipper Philemon Otieno says the uncertainty surrounding the FKF Premier League resumption and its management is unhealthy for players. Otieno has thus appealed to football stakeholders to come together to push through and restore order with the league now almost two months behind schedule. “As of now, we are still not sure when exactly we will go back to the pitch for the new season. The dragging by stakeholders is quite unfair to us. I urge them to play their role and ensure we are back in a competitive league,” Otieno said. The Kenyan International backed the…
Gor Mahia and shirt sponsor Betafriq part ways on mutual agreement, just after two months into the Sh228 million three-year deal. The lucrative agreement that was reached on July 12 was to see K’Ogalo receive Sh76.5 million per year, which includes Sh5 million for kitting and also Sh1.5 million for players’ insurance. Club chairman and long-serving football administrator Ambrose Rachier has said the team is negotiating with another partner with unveiling set for the due course. “There have been negotiations going and if all goes well then, we shall launch the deal on Friday. However, that is subject to confirmation,”…