{"id":16594,"date":"2020-12-02T02:56:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T02:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=16594"},"modified":"2020-12-02T02:56:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T02:56:21","slug":"fkf-gives-gor-mahia-ksh-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/fkf-gives-gor-mahia-ksh-3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"FKF gives Gor Mahia KSh 3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/caf-champs.jpg\" width=\"455\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia had earlier announced that they had no finances to host the CAF Champions League match against APR. The fKF has come to their rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting from the Nation<\/p>\n<p>Record Kenyan champions Gor Mahia have received a major financial boost ahead of Saturday&#8217;s Caf Champions League preliminary return leg match against APR of Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>This after Football Kenya Federation (FKF) gave the club Sh3 million to cater for their preparations for the continental contest. Gor, who went down 2-1 in the first leg played on November 28 at Nyamirambo Stadium in Kigali, will be aiming to overturn the deficit and qualify for the next round.<\/p>\n<p>Embattled Gor Mahia Secretary General Sam Ochola revealed that the money has already hit the club&#8217;s accounts and thanked federation for the kind gesture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FKF has given us Sh3 million to help us clear players&#8217; debts and to enhance our preparations for the APR game. This is a boost for us and it will motivate our players to get the much needed win at home,&#8221; said Ochola.<\/p>\n<p>The official, who fell out club chairman Ambrose Rachier over the FKF-StarTimes broadcast deal, also said a huge chunk of the money will go in settling players arrears.<\/p>\n<p>FKF President Nick Mwendwa and CEO Barry Otieno didn&#8217;t receive this reporter&#8217;s call neither did they reply to text messages over the amount. However, a source at the federation, who sought anonymity, confirmed that K&#8217;Ogalo has been handed the money to facilitate its preparations for the APR game.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, FKF gave a kitless K&#8217;Ogalo Harambee Stars tracksuits as they travelled to Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Umbro, who were to be Gor Mahia&#8217;s kit sponsor this season, pulled out after the club entered into a sponsorship deal with gaming firm Betsafe.<\/p>\n<p>Ochola also asserted that the club will participate in the 2020-21 Football Kenya Premier League (FKPL) and is part and parcel of the StarTimes broadcast deal. Rachier has however opposed the deal saying it infringes on the club&#8217;s private broadcast rights.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Rachier suspended Ochola after he signed the StarTimes broadcast deal, claiming he did it without the approval of the club&#8217;s Executive Committee members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rachier is a lone ranger and some of the EC members accompanied me for a meeting with FKF on Monday as an indication that I signed the deal in good faith. We are participating in the league and we will look for a way of sourcing for revenue for the matches which wouldn&#8217;t be broadcasted by StarTimes. We have moved and are working together with the federation,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Gor were scheduled to open their league campaign against Zoo Kericho at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Wednesday but the match was postponed.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the club, FKF blamed Zoo, who have also not signed the StarTimes deal, for the postponement of the match<\/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\/fkf-gives-gor-mahia-ksh-3-million\/\"\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 had earlier announced that they had no finances to host the CAF Champions League match against APR. 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