Players unhappy at being paid Ksh 3000
Gor Mahia players are up in arms at being paid Ksh 3000 each as their salary for the month of March”
Additional reporting from the Nation
Gor Mahia players are up in arms against the team’s management for paying them a paltry Sh3,000 as salary for the month of March.
The money was paid on March 27 through Mpesa after the players had lamented that they were going through untold suffering and couldn’t fend for their families.
A section of K’Ogalo players who talked to Nation Sport on condition of anonymity said that were taken aback and were shocked to be paid such a meagre amount by a big club like Gor Mahia.
“As players, we had talked to the team manager Jolawi Obondo so that he could approach the Chairman and tell him of our suffering.
The current state of affairs due to the corona pandemic has aggravated our situation and we were shocked that we were only paid Sh3,000,” said a senior player.
Another play called on the fans financial initiative outfit, known as Augmentin, to help players who depend totally on football to fend for themselves.
“Augmentin was paying match wining bonuses and because we know they have some money at their disposal, it would be wise if they rescue us. There are no league matches and instead of keeping the money, they should give it out to cater for our welfare,” he said.
The player added that he personally has been forced to turn to his parents to feed him.
“When my phone vibrated on Friday I checked and saw an Mpesa SMS only to be shocked that it was only Sh3,000. To make matters worse, I had a Fuliza loan and the whole amount was swallowed,” he added.
Commenting on the issue, Gor Mahia Secretary General Ronald Ngala said they are aware of the issue and are looking for money to pay the players.
“I don’t think the money was a salary as such, but was meant to help them buy vegetables and maize flour. There is no money, but we are trying our best to find something for their upkeep,” said Ngala.
Augmentin official, Sam Muga, said the National Executive members will be meeting on April 1 to decide if they could release the amount in their account to players.
“Times are tough, but we will be meeting to decide on the way forward. As Augmentin, our sole role is to pay bonuses, but we have less than Sh200,000 which we can release to them if the members agree,” said Muga.
Was the 3000 part of their salary or was this just an amount to help them by as they await their salaries?
Enough is enough!
Money issues are sensitive and ADOR has tried his best for this club for the last 11 years. Those castigating him do not know that if he left today we would not get a better Chairman than him. The noises you hear are from people whose real reason (s) for grumbling are founded on lies, innuendos and half-truths. ADOR MUST STAY to chart a new, successful and fruitful path for Gor Mahia.
WHEN IS GOR MAHIA BEING CONVERTED INTO A COMPANY? WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS!
Rachier knows what needs to be done to put this club on a self sufficient path. The answer is transparency. He knows it. But he has flatly refused for the past 11 years.
Atleast there seems to be no salaries arears cause the last time i had,walikuwa wanadai 3 months or 4?
to invest”help”Gormahia,we just need 1000000 fans or touched people who feel helping Gor will provide employment to our youths.This fans will per month mpesa ksh 5 ,this will accumulate to ksh5000000 per month and club organise should come clear and let us know the payment of our players just like European does,we know how much wanyama was earning per month.Also to our chairman Ambrose,give us the blue print of how you want Gor to develop and grow in the next 5yrs,simple Gor a professional runned club.we have registered groups and people who have money and their looking where to invest example people convinced to invest in Goldenscape,hope justice will be granted to them.use Gor blue print for us to invest.
While we castigate and grumble why not join the GMAF and contribute and pay the players.Surely this club doesn’t belong to ADOR but us. Let’s play our part instead of expecting the players to be promptly paid yet we have no sponsors
i agree with the 5ksh ,what need to be done is creating more awarness.eg advertise the augimantive fund drive on media station ,newspaper and social media. Or gormahia can decedie to sale team merchandise like jersery etc.people out their know gormahia has a rich team imagine how many kids now gor churches and schl we just need to brand our self. As for the chairman that was a great geasture .
To get 1m rational individuals paying sh5 is next to impossible. Meanwhile Ngala’s response of “We are aware” is the same since 2015