{"id":2608,"date":"2013-06-21T01:15:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T01:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=2608"},"modified":"2013-06-21T01:18:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T01:18:53","slug":"bwana-we-will-not-be-held-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/bwana-we-will-not-be-held-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"Bwana: We will not be held hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/bwana-mic.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of goal.com<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia secretary general George Bwana reveals to Goal that they will not hesitate to replace the Croat tactician who is yet to return from holiday<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Premier League side Gor Mahia Secretary General George Bwana insists the club will not be held hostage by coach Zradvko Logarusic.<\/p>\n<p>Bwana said while the club is still open to receive the coach back, they will not hesitate to replace him if need arises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Loga) is our coach and by now he should be here preparing the club for their weekend match against Karuturi Sports,\u201d Bwana told <strong>Goal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has his ticket but we are not allowing his absence to affect us. John \u2018Bobby\u2019 Ogolla is preparing the team for the Sunday match and I want to say that as officials of the club, we will have to make a decision on his future if he will not have come back by Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club is bigger than all of us and we cannot allow one person to hold us hostage. At some point we have to make a decision and move on,\u201d added Bwana.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Goal exclusively revealed an email sent by the Croat tactician to Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier demanding for a number of issues to be sorted out before he returns from holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Logarusic protested that he does not have a work permit and resides in Nairobi on a tourist visa.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly he also raised issue about his lack of a formal contract with the club and expressed fears that a section of Gor Mahia officials have frustrated all efforts to sign a new improved deal.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, the coach fearful of his future insisted he does not have an air-ticket that would allow him to return back home in case he is fired by Gor Mahia hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Logarusic: I do not fear the sack<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Gor Mahia coach Zdravko Logarusic says he does not fear losing his job as it also emerged there is a sharp rift within the club\u2019s management over the signing of new players.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Logarusic, speaking from his native Croatia, claimed some officials within the club have been plotting his downfall and want him out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI doubt if the (Gor Mahia) chairman (Ambrose Rachier) would sack me. I know there are some elements within the management who have been sabotaging me and want me out, but if they decide so, I care less. I do not fear losing my job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>As it is, Gor Mahia will play Karuturi Sports on Sunday in Nakuru without their coach who said he is yet to hear from the club. \u201cIf I get a ticket today, I will be in Nairobi soonest,\u201d the coach said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/bwana-we-will-not-be-held-hostage\/\"\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>Courtesy of goal.com Gor Mahia secretary general George Bwana reveals to Goal that they will not hesitate to replace the<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-2608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608","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=2608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}