{"id":4503,"date":"2014-05-02T02:05:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T02:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=4503"},"modified":"2018-07-25T18:24:24","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T18:24:24","slug":"rachier-set-to-roll-out-strategic-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/rachier-set-to-roll-out-strategic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachier set to roll out strategic plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/rachier-mic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the Nation<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia will roll out a strategic plan aimed at making the club financially self-reliant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Club chairman Ambrose Rachier on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with officials and advisors which resolved that the team will cash in on its huge following to generate revenue from within rather than relying only on sponsors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gor Mahia are currently without a sponsor and have been struggling to pay players. Recently, Kenya Revenue Authority demanded Sh118 million in unremitted income tax.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhile a sponsor would be an immediate solution to our current problem, we have been advised to find ways of making the club self-sufficient so that we don\u2019t find ourselves in this mess again in future. It is time we found other financial sources instead of relying totally on a sponsor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The reigning league champions have been left bankrupt after their sponsorship deal with Brookside under their flagship product Tuzo expired in March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>FINANCIAL PLAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>And Gor is finalising a plan that will see the club recruit one million club member who will each contribute a membership fee of Sh100. This will help raise Sh100 million which is expected to meet the club\u2019s Sh72 million annual budget even in the absence of an external donor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe now want to deal with members, not just fans,\u201d Rachier said. \u201cIf we make this a reality then we will be even better off without a sponsor. Most sponsors have been giving us between Sh20-30 million, but we intend to raise Sh100 million to enable the club sustain itself for more than a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Despite the challenges, <em>K\u2019Ogalo<\/em> have posted straight wins in their last four matches. They travel to Sony Sugar on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h3>No away kit<\/h3>\n<p class=\"leading\">Meanwhile goal.com reports that the\u00a0 away uniform purchased by Nairobi governor Evans Kidero is small in size hence they will use Tuzo branded kit<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-text\">\n<p>Gor Mahia troubles continue unabated and the latest is their inability to procure on time an away kit for Sunday&#8217;s Kenya Premier League match against Sony Sugar at Afraha Stadium in Nakuru.<\/p>\n<p>Nairobi governor Evans Kidero gave the team Sh100, 000 to enable them buy uniform but an official, who was charged with the responsibility did not get the right size.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia Secretary General Chris Omondi has revealed to <strong>Goal<\/strong> that they will now be forced to use their Tuzo branded white kit but black out their former sponsors Tuzo.<\/p>\n<p>Tuzo pulled out from sponsoring the club last month and they have also been recently hit by a Sh118million tax demand from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNairobi governor gave us money to buy uniform but the official, who took up responsibility did not get right size. It is too late to change it now because it was bought from Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have decided to use our white kit and black out the Tuzo logo because they are no longer our sponsors.\u201d Omondi confirmed that the new kit will now be available from next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/rachier-set-to-roll-out-strategic-plan\/\"\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 the Nation Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia will roll out a strategic plan aimed at making the club<\/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-4503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4503","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=4503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11026,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4503\/revisions\/11026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}