{"id":14712,"date":"2019-05-27T13:57:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T13:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=14712"},"modified":"2019-05-27T14:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T14:25:27","slug":"rachier-set-to-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/rachier-set-to-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachier set to exit as Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ambrose Rachier, who has had the longest ever tenure as Gor Mahia chairman (11 years) and who has won more league titles than any other Chairman (6) is set to leave the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional reporting from Citizen Sport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long serving Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose \nRachier,69,  has shocked the football world announcing his intent to \nstep down from his role at the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a heart-to -heart interview with Citizen Digital<\/em>, Rachier\n said that he will not offer himself for re-election in December \u2013 \nduring which the constitutional changes he has instituted at the club \nare expected to culminate in fresh polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy position is that we\u2019re going through the constitution making \nprocess which should be concluded in June. I estimate that we will need \nanother six months to put everything in place and by December, in my \nestimation, we should have elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u201cWhat I\u2019m saying is that I won\u2019t offer myself for re-election at the end of the year in the next election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will be looking for some window period\u2026to hold elections so that it doesn\u2019t interfere with the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Queried as to why he\u2019s suddenly leaving a club which he has led with \ndistinction for 11 years, Rachier said: \u201cThe new Sports Act requires us \n(federation officials and club presidents) to do two terms of four \nyears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on: \u201cOverstaying is usual; it is a disease especially at \nlevels of governance in Africa. It\u2019s a noble thing to leave it \n(leadership) to younger generation. There are others who think I\u2019ve \noverstayed and now refer to be Mugabe,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the recent past Rachier under whose tenure Gor rose from the woods\n after a 15-year period of lull and began to challenge for titles had \nindicated that he won\u2019t \u201cdesert the club\u201d but leave it in the care of \ncapable hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked as to whether he still sticks to this school of thought, he \nopined:  \u201cI actually won\u2019t say that I\u2019ve picked somebody (to take over \nthe leadership)but I do not want to leave chaos\u2026 I won\u2019t campaign for \nsomebody but I\u2019ll look for means not to leave it in chaos\u2026 but \neventually it will be members decision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vilified and adored in equal measure,  Rachier stint saw the club end\n their 18-year wait for a Kenyan Premier league title claiming the \ncoveted gong in 2013 and have since gone on to monopolise the \ncompetition, winning it six times under his watch besides bagging two \nKPL Top Eight titles, a further four KPL Super Cups and two domestic \ncups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then K\u2019Ogalo have made appearances at the continental football \nevery year bar in 2017, reaching the quarter fianls of the Caf \nConfederations Cup this term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However critics point to his failure to lead the club in building its own stadium, training facility an a club house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either way, whichever one looks at it, his exit is set to be a hit \nbelow the belt for the glamour club with the much sought after financial\n freedom still a mirage.<\/p>\n

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