{"id":15137,"date":"2019-09-05T02:31:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T02:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=15137"},"modified":"2019-09-05T02:31:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T02:31:06","slug":"gor-mahia-to-renegotiate-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-to-renegotiate-sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia to renegotiate sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gor Mahia will meet with Sportpesa officials to negotiate the restart of their sponsorship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Kenyan Premier League (KPL) giants Gor \nMahia FC will engage SportPesa in talks over a possible reinstatement of\n their sponsorship deal which was terminated last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gor\u2019s CEO Lordvick Aduda said they are planning to have a session \nwith the gaming firm after they were given the green light by the Kenya \nRevenue Authority (KRA) to apply for a new betting license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gaming firm has been out of business for two months after their \npaybill numbers were blocked following an order by the Government over \ntax incompliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clearance by the KRA came barely three days after the  gaming \nfirm lost a case in which they wanted compensation from the government \nfor the revenues lost during the shut up period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gaming firm and the government had been locked in a standoff over\n tax issues, prompting a fierce court battle. The gaming firm had \ncancelled its sponsorship agreement with sports federations and clubs \nowing to the standoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will sit with them and see if there can be a possibility of their\n comeback on board as our major sponsors. But we are also in talks with \nother potential sponsors and we will let the public know of any positive\n progress,\u201d Aduda said in an interview with Ramogi FM. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week the club deputy secretary general Ronald Ngala indicated \nthat the firm had remitted to the club money enough to take them till \nend of August 2019. This means their possible come back on board could \nmean very little hitch, if any, of the sponsorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe really need them back on board since at the moment we don\u2019t have \nany sponsor. Their comeback will be a blessing to us ahead of our \ncontinental assignments,\u201d Aduda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aduda added that the two newly acquired foreign strikers comprising \nof Ghanian Francis Afriyie and Ivorian Gislein Yikpe Gnamian are now \neligible to play in the Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCAF regulations stipulates that a players registered late can start playing in the second round and here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are now available for selection against USMA, subject to \npassing fitness tests after both of them picked injuries during their \nearlier trainings at Camp Toyoyo\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the e-ticketing that was meant to boast the club\u2019s gate collection, Aduda says they are still facing a challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CEO says the gate keepers are still colluding with corrupt fans \nand taking as little as Sh50 in bribe to allow the fans into the stadia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are still addressing the challenges. It was a nice idea but we \nstill feel the gate keepers are a letdown. The fans are also a betrayal.\n When the Sh50 ends up in individuals\u2019 pockets, it doesn\u2019t help the \nclub.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says they neither met their target at Kasarani nor in Kisumu over \nthe weekend and that corruption is evident due to the high match \nattendance and the outcome of the revenues realized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gor\u2019s next assignment will be against Algeria\u2019s USM Alger on \nSeptember 15 in Algeria with the return match scheduled for Nairobi on \nSeptember 27.<\/p>\n

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