{"id":16193,"date":"2020-09-01T12:31:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T12:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=16193"},"modified":"2020-09-01T20:17:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T20:17:46","slug":"gor-mahia-sign-njau-as-leopards-pursue-gor-mahia-prospects-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-sign-njau-as-leopards-pursue-gor-mahia-prospects-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia sign Omalla, Njau as Leopards pursue Gor Mahia prospects\/players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gor Mahia have completed the signing of a second player from Western Stima namely goalkeeper Simon Njau. Western Stima has been wracked by player exits after their main sponsor (KPLC) pulled out. Njau is the second goalkeeper signed after Levis Opiyo who joined from Nairobi City Stars. The two will replace David Mapigano and Peter Odhiambo who left for Azam and Wazito respectively. Njau also played for Ligi Ndogo and SoNy Sugar before joining Western Stima.<\/p>\n<h3>Benson Omalla<\/h3>\n<p>Secondary school sensation Benson Omalla has formally put pen to paper to join Kogallo. The 17 year who is still attending Kisumu Day secondary school,\u00a0 first made waves when he shone in the Chapa Dimba tournament\u00a0 where he was the Nyanza region top scorer and when he led Kisumu day to the regional championships. He was\u00a0named the KPL Sports Journalists Association of\u00a0<a class=\"crossLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/team\/kenya\/1bmo12zm87ntftwze4ihltiom\">Kenya<\/a> (SJAK) Player of the Month for December and ended the season with 9 goals including three in one match against Zoo Kericho. He has signed a 5 year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Omalla&#8217;s stated ambition is to move to bigger leagues<br \/>\n\u201cI want to establish my game at Western Stima before I move out of the country. I aspire to play for Manchester United or Barcelona in the future,\u201d he stated in the past.<\/p>\n<h3>Lawrence Juma<\/h3>\n<p>AFC Leopards are aggressively pursuing Gor Mahia midfield ace Lawrence Juma according to reports on goal.com. Juma has been an integral part of the Kogalo midfield since joining from Nzoia Sugar. Goal reports that Juma posted a cryptic message on social media that read: \u201cTurn on the flashing blue lights,\u201d Juma\u2019s post, accompanied by a photo in the national team colours. It sent AFC fans into a frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>Sofapaka are also pursuing Juma who featured in the national team that played in the 2019 CECAFA senior challenge cup. \u201cI understand Sofapaka have made an approach already but recently even AFC Leopards have shown interest in him,\u201d the source told goal.com<\/p>\n<h3>Jules Ulimwengu<\/h3>\n<p>Reports suggest that Jules Ulimwengu who was reported to be on his way to Gor Mahia, is also being pursued by AFC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUlimwengu wants a move to AFC Leopards whereas the agent prefers that he signs for Gor Mahia. That is the situation of the development so far,\u201d an unnamed source told\u00a0 goal.com.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Kogalo and Ingwe were also engaged in a tussle for John Makwatta who eventually joined Ingwe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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-sign-njau-as-leopards-pursue-gor-mahia-prospects-players\/\"\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 have completed the signing of a second player from Western Stima namely goalkeeper Simon Njau. 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