{"id":15286,"date":"2019-10-22T02:27:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T02:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=15286"},"modified":"2019-10-22T17:37:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T17:37:29","slug":"muguna-and-joash-onyango-absence-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/muguna-and-joash-onyango-absence-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Muguna and Joash Onyango absence explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/muguna-chemelil-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Joash Onyango is apparently too broke to attend training sessions while skipper Kenneth Muguna says he has family issues to attend to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional reporting from Nairobi news<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia assistant\n captain Joash Onyango has reportedly told his close friends that he is \ntoo broke to attend the club&#8217;s training sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Onyango nicknamed \nthe &#8216;Berlin Wall&#8217; for his heroics in central defence, has &#8211; alongside \nhis club captain Kenneth Muguna &#8211; kept away from training for the past \nfortnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These two players \nboth featured for Harambee Stars in that 1-0 loss to Mozambique in an \ninternational friendly at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani \non October 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo will miss Sunday&#8217;s league match against Kariobangi Sharks at the Afraha Stadium in Nakuru County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development \nhas left the club&#8217;s supporters in speculation mode, but Onyango &#8211; who \nwas voted the best player in the Kenyan Premier League last season &#8211; has\n seemingly let the cat out of the bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He will not attend training because he cannot afford to,&#8221; explained the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UNPAID SALARY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The club is in \ndire financial straits and he has not received his salary for three \nmonths. He has a family to take care of and bills to pay. I don&#8217;t think \nsomeone who has failed to pay you for that while can demand an \nexplanation as to your absence.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muguna, though, \ntold Sunday Nation that he was away attending to personal matters and \nthat he informed the team manager Jolawi Obondo on the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have family \nissues and until I finish them, I cannot promise when I will be back for\n training. The issue is really pressing and I have told the team \nmanager,&#8221; Muguna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gor Mahia coach Steve Polack has since appointed Joachim Oluoch and Charles Momanyi as interim captains.<\/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\/muguna-and-joash-onyango-absence-explained\/\"\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>Joash Onyango is apparently too broke to attend training sessions while skipper Kenneth Muguna says he has family issues to<\/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":[598,457],"class_list":["post-15286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-joash-onyango","tag-kenneth-muguna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286","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=15286"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15288,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286\/revisions\/15288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}