{"id":5231,"date":"2014-08-21T13:44:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T13:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=5231"},"modified":"2014-08-21T13:53:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T13:53:47","slug":"now-sec-gen-omondi-says-bobby-is-leaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/now-sec-gen-omondi-says-bobby-is-leaving\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Sec Gen Omondi says Bobby is leaving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/bobby-clap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"349\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia secretary general William Omondi has now indicated that coach Bobby Williamson will be leaving Gor Mahia to focus entirely on Harambee stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBobby is with us for only Sunday\u2019s league match against SoNy Sugar after which he will be taking up his new role as head coach of Harambee Stars,\u201d Omondi told Gor Mahia website.<\/p>\n<p>On clearing the air about reports that <em>K&#8217;Ogalo<\/em> had not received official approach from Football Kenya Federation, Omondi said the executive is now aware of the appointment and plans are underway to fill up the gap left by the Scot because they have received numerous applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fully aware of his appointment and we, as a club, we are weighing out options whether to have an interim coach to take care of the team for the next remaining league matches or to hire a coach,\u00a0who will fully take us through to next season. We have quite a number of applications and we will consider all of them and see how we can land on one coach to lead the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Omondi indicated that the club appreciates everything Bobby has done and that they would seek his advice as neccesary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as a club truly appreciate Williamson\u2019s work since he arrived in Gor Mahia. He is a professional coach,\u00a0who saw us through tough times and through his guidance, we won the title and we are at a very good position to clinch the title again this season. We wish him well and we will seek for his advice if necessary because he said he will be available for advice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Omondi said they are in the process of finding a new coach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; We have quite a number of applications and we will consider all of them then see how we can land on one coach to lead the team. We are weighing out options whether to have an interim coach to take care of the team for the next remaining league matches or to hire a coach who will fully take us through to next season.,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>This brings an end to speculation, denials and counter-denials regarding the status of coach Williamson<\/p>\n<h3>Rachier Rushes to City stadium to avert Go slow<\/h3>\n<p>Gor Mahia chairman was forced to rush to city stadium to pay players and avert a go slow.<\/p>\n<p>Rachier arrived at training ground early in the morning and gave out some money to assistant coach Bob Ogolla to hand over to the players.<\/p>\n<p>The players are reported to have gone on a go slow since\u00a0Monday\u00a0protesting at unpaid training and winning allowances.<\/p>\n<p>But Rachier denied reports of a go slow insisting that all is well in camp. \u201cIt is true that we owe them some money and I have cleared a bit of it\u00a0on Thursday\u00a0morning. No player went on strike.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All they did was express concern over the delay in paying what we owed them and this has been sorted out and they are all happy and looking forward to\u00a0Sunday\u2019s\u00a0game against Sony Sugar,\u201d Rachier told goal.com.<\/p>\n<p>Reports emerged on Wednesday that Gor Mahia players\u2019 were planning to boycott their league match against Sony Sugar unless their training allowances were paid in full. 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