{"id":286,"date":"2012-01-05T01:24:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=286"},"modified":"2012-01-05T01:24:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T01:24:56","slug":"ochomo-off-to-ulinzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/ochomo-off-to-ulinzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ochomo off to Ulinzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/ochomo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From Nation.co.ke<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia FC striker Wycliffe Ochomo is expected to finalise his transfer to  Ulinzi Stars on Thursday as AFC Leopards on Wednesday also confirmed signing Gor defender Eric Masika<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ochomo told the <em>Daily Nation<\/em> in a telephone conversation that he\u2019s happy that Gor and Ulinzi officials have agreed about his transfer to his new club and is to sign transfer forms on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI thank officials, players and supporters of Gor Mahia for the support they have given me while playing for the team and I\u2019ve no grudges against anybody,\u201d says Ochomo who was recruited by Gor from Congo United during last year\u2019s transfer period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While in Gor, Ochomo played just seven matches but managed to score one goal. He could not play many games as a result of injuries and also his secondary school<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>studies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He sat his Form Four examinations at Mombasa\u2019s Tononoka Secondary School last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>At the same time, the Masika transfer tale seems to have reached an end after Gor Mahia agreed to release the defender to AFC Leopards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After lengthy talks between the two clubs, Gor softened their stance on the transfer fee, agreeing to the Sh450,000 offer from the Leopards, making it the most expensive KPL move thus far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In Mombasa, Ochomo promised to be at his peak while playing for Ulinzi Stars, the 2010 champions, this season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll have no worries as I\u2019ve completed my studies so I hope to steer Ulinzi Stars to greater heights of prosperity,\u201d said the well-built striker.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The player was the darling of Coast fans for steering Congo United to win three matches in the Kenya Premier League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He was one of the players who started playing for Congo since it was formed in 2008 and was the team\u2019s joint top scorer each season with Ramadhan Athman Mbuggus who has joined Gor for this season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\/ochomo-off-to-ulinzi\/\"\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>From Nation.co.ke Gor Mahia FC striker Wycliffe Ochomo is expected to finalise his transfer to Ulinzi Stars on Thursday as<\/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-286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286","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=286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}