Gor Mahia to partner with Diamond Trust for tickets
courtesy of kenyanstar.co.ke
Gor Mahia has partnered with Diamond Trust Bank and Pay Gate in a pilot programme that will see fans use automated cards instead of paying cash directly to watch matches.
The bank becomes the first financial institution to openly enter into partnership with a local soccer club.
The club official website reports that the new system will be rolled out in the match against City Stars to be played at Nairobi City Stadium.
“We shall be using the card system service provided by Pay Gate for our match against City Stars. This will involve use of temporary chip cards that will be tapped for one to access the stadium. No cash will handled at the match venue and these cards will be retained at the point of entry. Diamond Trust Bank will offer the banking solution,” club secretary general Chris Omondi is quoted.
The club is aiming to do away with paper ticketing and will hence automate all the gates in a bid to end loss of revenue from gate takings.
Full paid up members of the club will use Gor Mahia branded cards to access the stadium while non registered members will use temporary cards in the next home match as well.
“Fans will in future pay membership fee at Diamond Trust branches and will be furnished with cards,” stated Omondi.
The move is aimed at taming police officers, club stewards who collude to sell fake tickets while others take bribes to allow fans to access the stadium.
This is a move towards the right direction.
Good Idea bt how will that prevent the police & stewards from collecting money from fans with 50/- .
Gud idea,so l thnk the team wll b strong interms of financial stability since the corraptn of maney wil b minimal during gate collctn.
Good idea atleast but proponents of coruption will still use any method at disposal to find their way…..idiosyncriesis
Well done SG. Don’t b discouraged about the teething problems experienced.
Please educate fans as regards the new system.
I also encourage u 2 counter with extreme/full force, & with every,whatever & all means necessary these useless creatures (human waste) who think they can force/gate crush their way into GM matches F.O.C
2 wishes- A victory against Mathare & EC ensure that all the needs of the team r catered 4.
YOU OPTED 4 THE VOTE & LEAVE SYSTEM 2 AVOID SCRUTINY JUST THE OTHER DAY.
THIS IS A GOOD THING BUT THE LIKES OF KILO AND NGALA AND I DONT FEAR MENTIONING NAMES sabotaged it yesterday since they have been blocked from selling their tickets the way they used to do last year.it was very painful yesterday seeing the fans with money at hand entering the stadium without paying the gate collections just because some two people who used to make fake tickets last year has been blocked from selling fake tickets.kilo and ngala if you are reading this blog we have organised and it is not a joke we want to beat you thoroughly ,we dont want people who are joking with the club resources and if you are not careful this time round, you wont finish your term in that office.Again during bitam game FAIZ OCHIENG was caught selling tickets the same people that we voted out because of their corrupt deeds.it is the same kilo who has turned the club merchandise like mitumba and is being sold everywhere in nairobi,kilo we are beating you sooner than later.
Does any of you still buy Tuzo milk? Im conducting a survey. Simply reply to this post with “1” for yes and “2” for no
ingo ujinga inakusaidia na nn.itakuua mumekula mumias imeisha
AR kindli r u aware sme guys in ur office r involvd in the mentiond issues bi jack?
jack doll koki mondi we had knwn tht stop threats
@jack, you are spot on. The duo in the executive committee are the biggest problems in Gor Mahia and have to be checked by both the Secretary General and Treasurer. Kilo and Ngala should be arrested and reigned in court. Kilo opened personal shop in Naivasha where he has been selling Gor Mahia jerseys illegally and this should be investigated thoroughly. If he is found to be gullible, he should resign honourably.
Ingo,go 4 medical check up,ituo,l cant blame u ,briefly hw wz ua academic? idiot.
@jack please tone down but we need leadership from the officials and this should be by deeds and not just mouthing. If anything was to happen to them you would be the first suspect. Where gor now is we need philanthropic members and not leeches to take what is ideally for the players and TB. We had an Mpesa number. What happened to it? We need it now more than ever?
Bloggers am telling you the truth and it is not a lie or kuchukia some of our officials,the people who were in this office last year and were voted in again ,specifically ngala and kilo plus the youths pretending to be security at the gate sabotaged this system and it failed in its first day of trial so that the new office bearers can be blamed as failures.i have done my investigation bloggers the current people we elected this year in gor mahia office are people who are well off and if not they have there own jobs and not depending on the club as their way of survival .these new people are out to bring accountability and transparency on how the club resources are being managed and they are going to succeed i tell you,the few moles that remained in the office in the name of DAVID KIILO,NGALA,JACK OROWE are the people lagging behind since the loopholes they were using to steal club resources are now being identified.Bloggers am not threatening anybody but everything is organised kiilo and ngala specifically are going to be out of this office by force with a thorough beating,the two hungry tigers who can stand at the gate and hide some tickets so that the new office can be seen as failure,kilo and ngala here we come prepare yourself with answers as you receive beatings.We can not keep on loosing resources in the club because of two or three people,kiilo is the one selling club merchandise everywhere in nairobi,go to mutindwa ,madhare,babadogo ,kawangware,kibera ,easily,mudhurwa and all this cash is going in his own pocket and not the club.we are tired enough is enough we cant tolerate it any more.
Wow! Things are getting hot on the blog.
How i wish things got really hot for the whole EC because they would get creative and think very fast. Gor Mahia only needs creative ideas to grow its money. Just saw Rooney getting 42M a week and a i have a feeling that with our small wage bill we can do much better than we are doing.
AR and team, i suggested that you visit Lubumbashi to understand how TP Mazembe makes its money but i haven’t seen any effort on the same. They have a stadium, a good sponsor, a plane, huge buses, club house, well paid and housed players and only an average of 18,000 fans. They bought 2 players in October 2012 for 68M Kenya money. How did they do it?
AR, please pause for a moment, let us stay without a t-shirt sponsor for one season so that u get your act together. The emergence of Tuzo covered a lot of our weaknesses and inept management. Last season, we had so many games at strange hours and venues and i don’t remember our EC complaining to KPL. This season we messed collection from the Bitam game. We expected to reap without sowing. No marketing of the game.
Let us put our house in order before we ask people to put their money in Kogalo. That is the long term solution and avenue for growth.
kiilo ngala n orowe whtsapp kindi u beta resighn
Arrest and prosecute these individuals. They are robbing the club
we still respond to these illiterate lowlife people with nothing between their ears called disi ama ni fisi and ingo?i dont even bother to read their non sensical contributions……total waste of time….
to more important matters…..
how about we also engage the same DTB to manage our gates too?that way we make them more accountable…
@oswozo the idea is smart but i wanda whetha it is withn thr bzns function
kiilo orowe n ngala must leave their roles in Gor mahia tuzo left coz of their actions
Fellow bloggers this our lvli team nd a SACCO CO to tame thz robbers nt ulss we act sioni
Mob lynching makes our cause even worse. When we start mob justice on ourselves it will be construed that the house is burning and even the fans we want to cntribute will chicken out. Please try the longer and peaceful route of using the branches to handle such issues. Some people are now jumping on the band wagon that so and so has stolen but without even a clue of the issue at hand. These are the same yobs that take the law into their hands messing the Gor Brand. In that group @Jakorando and @Omolo will not be there since they know what sentence you get for such crimes.
With an EC of 11 we can surely have the other 9 to perform their job without alot of negative publicity and the negative energy that comes with it
Kiilo, Ngala, and Orowa are the so called human waste which should be put on billboards for causing economic saboutage to this club and funding hooliganism. This issue should be sorted out as soon as immediately and measures to prevent the same be effected before we put our monies into the proposed Mayienga sacco, or else we get another massive scandal.
Dan we cnnt elect people 2 mess the club n u tel us 2 go the peaceful way