{"id":14927,"date":"2019-07-23T15:06:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=14927"},"modified":"2019-07-23T15:11:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T15:11:10","slug":"gor-mahia-sign-maurice-ojwang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-sign-maurice-ojwang\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia sign Maurice Ojwang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia have signed Western Stima centre back Maurice Ojwang, a player who was being pursued by a number of teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional reporting from the Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Record Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Gor Mahia have completed the signing of defender Maurice Ojwang&#8217; from Western Stima on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ojwang&#8217;, who captained Stima last season, has been on&nbsp;<em>K&#8217;Ogalo&#8217;s<\/em>&nbsp;radar since 2016 when Brazilian Jose &#8220;Ze Maria&#8221; Marcelo was in charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While confirming the move, Gor Mahia CEO Lordvick Aduda insisted Ojwang&#8217; is not a replacement for skipper Harun &#8220;Shakes&#8221; Shakava who is rumoured to be on his way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are happy to have landed Ojwang&#8217;. He is a young defender with a lot of promise. He has been called up to the national team before so there is no doubt about his quality. He is Gor Mahia material,&#8221; Aduda told&nbsp;<em>Nation Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Shakava is still a Gor Mahia player and we can&#8217;t talk about him being replaced yet he is still with us. Ojwang&#8217; is a player we have been following for a long time and we are happy we have finally signed him,&#8221; underlined the veteran football administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will also be a sweet reunion with his former teammates at Stima namely Kenneth Muguna, Geoffrey Ochieng&#8217;, Joash Onyango and Bernard Ondiek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On Shakava<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CEO Omondi Aduda has indicated that the club is interested in giving Harun Shakava a new contract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cHe was with the boys in Rwanda for CECAFA Kagame Cup and he knows what he wants in the team. We shall listen to him and our able office will implement his recommendations in case he wants more players,\u2019\u2019 explained Aduda to Citizen Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Shakava has made it clear that he will not renew his contract<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cIt is my own decision to quit the club at the end of my contract and I will not pen a new deal with Gor. No one has compelled me to take this action but it is my personal decision to look for other options elsewhere,\u2019\u2019 he said  to Citizen Sports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aduda is confident that Kogalo will do better in Continental Football this season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\u201cAs you have noticed Gor Mahia has kept making a step ahead. 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