{"id":13994,"date":"2019-02-05T03:23:09","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T03:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=13994"},"modified":"2019-02-05T03:23:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T03:23:24","slug":"gor-mahia-trying-to-add-second-sponsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-trying-to-add-second-sponsor\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia trying to add second sponsor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/rachier-sportpesa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"366\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia are seeking a second sponsor in addition to Sportpesa to help alleviate the cost of hosting teams for Africa cup matches as well as the cost of traveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional reporting from the Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia will soon announce a new sponsor to  supplement what betting firm SportPesa is offering, club chairman  Ambrose Rachier has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Rachier, if \nsuccessful in securing a second shirt sponsor, it will be welcome \nreprieve to their financial hiccups during these tough times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club requires about Sh35 million to participate in the Caf Confederation Cup group stage matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\n comes after the Caf banned the club from donning SportPesa-branded kits\n in their 4-2 triumph over Egyptian giants Zamalek in the competition\u2019s \nPool D clash at Kasarani stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban has\n been enforced to protect the economic interests of one of the \ntournament\u2019s sponsors, Netherlands Antilles-based 1XBet, who happen to \nbe SportPesa\u2019s business rival.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-trying-to-add-second-sponsor\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gor Mahia are seeking a second sponsor in addition to Sportpesa to help alleviate the cost of hosting teams for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13997,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13994\/revisions\/13997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}