FKF Premier League champions Gor Mahia will on Saturday 12th August play against Kakamega Homeboyz in the final of the Charity Shield Cup at a venue yet to be announced by the Football Kenya Federation – FKF.. Gor Mahia, who made history by becoming the first-ever Kenyan side to win 20 league titles, will be playing Homeboyz, a side that gave them numerous problems last season both in the league and cup on route to winning their first-ever FKF Cup. K’ogalo will be seeking to nurse their wounds from being slapped with the harsh reality that they would not be…
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Football Kenya Federation’s First Instance Board (FIB) revoked Gor Mahia’s 2023/24 club license last week, effectively kicking them out of the CAF Champions League, and the club will have to contend with a second consecutive season without continental football. The situation, although already well documented, by now, was guided by Article 16 8(b) of the CAF Club licensing regulations for “violating its obligation” by failing to pay three of its former players on time. All three players were foreigners, namely Mali one-cap goalkeeper Adama Keita, Burundi’s Jules Ulimwengu, and towering Congolese forward Sando Yangayay. Pulse Sports has confirmed the exact amount of…
Gor Mahia is set to receive Ksh5 million from the government to help pay money owed to former players and coaches who have seen the club get sanctioned by the World Football governing body FIFA. K’Ogalo were kicked out of the CAF Champions League after their club license was revoked due to their inability to pay money owed to former players Adama Keita, Jules Ulimwengu, and Sando Yangayay on time. The situations have left the Gor Mahia in difficult positions and the government has now come to its rescue. The money will however not go directly to the club’s account…
Gor Mahia are officially locked out of the Champions League after CAF released the list of teams to participate in the competition for the 2023–24 season. The Football Kenya Federation Premier League champions have been thrown out for failing to meet club licensing regulations. In Article 60 of the CAF Men’s Club Licensing Regulations, clubs applying for a license must demonstrate that they have no overdue payables towards current and former employees as of March 31st, the year in which the CAF club competitions commence. This is the rule that knocked the record-breaking Kenyan champions out. ‘K’Ogalo’ found themselves in a tight…
Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia have written to the Football Kenya Federation asking them to reconsider the decision to revoke the club’s license certificate. In a letter written to FKF CEO Barry Otieno and copied to the head of Caf Club Licensing Muhammad Sidat, K’Ogalo chairman Ambrose Rachier said they had fulfilled all the requirements. “We ask your able office to reconsider the earlier decision on revoking our certificate and reinstate our club on the Caf inter-club competition,” Rachier’s letter read in part. “We write to appeal the revocation of our club license certificate. We received the letter this…