Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba has asked Kenyan football clubs to become more transparent, accountable, and have good governance, slamming Gor Mahia for multiple reasons, including their decision to go train at Tanzanian side Azam FC’s training grounds. Namwamba was speaking when FKF signed a deal with KBC to become the league’s broadcast partners on Thursday afternoon, with the deal now assured to help each club earn not less than Ksh10 million a year. The charismatic CS challenged all clubs to take accountability for the resources that will be coming into the clubs moving forward “Taking Kenyan football to the…
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Former Gor Mahia and Tusker head coach Sammy “Pamzo” Omollo has discussed the importance of the league being televised after Tanzanian broadcasting company Azam TV started airing games this season. For nearly 18 months, the country’s top-flight league had gone without being televised after StarTimes pulled out of its deal with the Football Kenya Federation in late 2021 as the then Sports CS Amina Mohammed opted to disband the federation. However, following the federation’s reinstatement, the committee signed a sponsorship with Azam TV, and Pulse Sports also understands that the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is set to become the league’s…
Benson Omalla’s early strike and Christopher Ochieng’s late goal were enough to return Gor Mahia to winning ways as they beat Muhoroni Youth 2-0 at the Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay on Sunday. In what was Omalla’s first goal on five games, the striker found the target in the 16th minute after getting on the end of Austin Odhiambo’s pass. The striker had come close to breaking the deadlock after 10 minutes but his shot was block before he made amends six minutes later. With former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga among those watching,…
Benson Omalla, Rooney Onyango, Joshua Onyango, and Rodgers Ouma have been singled out to face disciplinary action for attempting to attack the officials during their match against Murang’a Seal last weekend. Ugly scenes were witnessed when a section of fans caused mayhem inside the match venue, leading to running battles with the security personnel. Chaos initially started when an angry Gor Mahia fan stormed onto the pitch to attack the referee, claiming that the standards of officiating had been poor during the game. Benson Omala had scored a goal that was flagged offside, but it looked controversial considering the Murang’a…
Gor Mahia’s proposed friendly match against Azam FC of Tanzania has been canceled for the second time. This is seemingly following the decision by FKF to hit the 20-time FKFPL champions with hefty sanctions after some of their fans damaged sections of the Kasarani Stadium following their 0-0 draw with Murang’a Seal last Saturday. K’Ogalo had organized this friendly to provide their head coach Johnathan McKinstry with a valuable opportunity to assess the players in camp. The sides were to take part in a friendly back in March, but the game was also canceled. This preparation match was to come a…
