{"id":16304,"date":"2020-10-01T01:28:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T01:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=16304"},"modified":"2020-10-01T01:28:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T01:28:52","slug":"gor-mahia-appoint-raymond-oruo-as-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-appoint-raymond-oruo-as-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia appoint Raymond Oruo as CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a press release signed by new Secretary General Sam Ocholla, a person by the name of Raymind Oruo has been appointed as Gor Mahia&#8217;s new Sports Management Consultant, Marketing Consultant and Acting Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaymond brings a lot of sports management experience to our club having done the same in other areas including holding the position of Sports Manager at KCB bank. He will be the head of the club&#8217;s secretariat and will work under the supervision of the club&#8217;s secretary-general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club&#8217;s executive and the entire Gor Mahia FC fraternity wish Raymond Oruo the best in this challenging and exciting position in our club,\u201d reads a letter dated September 30 (Thursday) and signed by the secretary-general Sam Ochola.<\/p>\n<p>Oruo replaces former CEO Lordvick Omondi Aduda who resigned to vie for the FKF Chairmanship.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/oruo.jpg\" width=\"786\" height=\"1100\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Past Experience.<\/h3>\n<p>Oruo is not new to Kenya Sports. In 2003 he was employed by the Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU). According to the Kahawatungu blog, he was forced to resign after NOCK gave KRFU kit and Oruo sold them. Below is an areticle from the Daily Nation from 2003.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/oruo-krfu.jpg\" width=\"977\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kahawatungu blog also claims that Oruo was fired from Coca Cola for similar reasons:<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">At Coca-cola, he got a contract to market the Copa Coca-Cola tournament through the back door, assisted by one Mona Karingi for alleged bribes and kickbacks. The two had to mud-sling the predecessor in order for him to get the opportunity.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"adace-slot-wrapper adace-middle-content adace-align-center adace-slot-wrapper-main\"><\/div>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Oruo was then an employee of Pacific Sports Ltd (PSL) the company contracted to work for Coca-Cola. 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