{"id":2704,"date":"2013-07-08T12:34:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T12:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=2704"},"modified":"2013-07-08T12:35:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T12:35:05","slug":"city-auditor-to-vie-for-chairmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/city-auditor-to-vie-for-chairmanship\/","title":{"rendered":"City Auditor to vie for Chairmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/logo.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"229\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of starAfrica.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Nairobi based taxation, audit and financial accounting specialist Harrison Odhiambo Okwiri has announced that he will contest for the Chairmanship post in the forthcoming Gor Mahia General elections slated for the end of this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okwiri now becomes the first candidate to formally declare his candidature for the club\u2019s top position which is currently held by Nairobi prominent lawyer Ambrose Rachier.<\/p>\n<p>Among the key issues that Okwiri plans to address as club chairman are financial integrity,talent development, sponsorships and restructuring the club to accomodate its branches in its constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted for comment,Rachier said Okwiri has every democratic right to vie for the seat.\u2019 He is welcome to vie for any seat including others who want to throw their hat in the ring.\u201dObserved Rachier who is a prominent Nairobi city Lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Okwiri made the announcement when he unveiled his vision at the Nyayo National Stadium flanked by hundreds of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Okwiri disclosed that once mandated to take charge of the club,he will plunge in a whooping Kshs 200 million sponsorship from South Africa based Rainbow Mineral\u2019s Corporation where he has close links .<\/p>\n<p>Okwiri took the occasion to unveil some of his line-up that includes former players led by Tielen Oguta who wants to vie for the position of secretary General currently held by George Bwana. Other former players who graced the occasion and vowed to support him include Zablon \u2018Pro\u2019Otieno, Patrick Oyiengo, William Odidi,and Julius Awilo\u201d Owino among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis club,Okwiri added, is in need of a leader with proven experience in management and one who is committed to the vision of a re-branded Gor Mahia that is well energized and poised to recapture its past glory\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He said it was sad that a club of Gor caliber that collects over Shs.2 million in one league match does not have a training ground\/club house or insurance cover for their players.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s sad that our rivals like AFC Leopards, Sofapaka and Mathare United have insured their players with medical covers . The other day ,our player Paul Kiongera who was injured,almost lost his career after hopping from one hospital to another until last week when he made a comeback after a three month absence. 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