{"id":5677,"date":"2014-11-20T02:29:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T02:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=5677"},"modified":"2014-11-20T02:39:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T02:39:30","slug":"calabar-retains-award-as-kizito-is-cheated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/calabar-retains-award-as-kizito-is-cheated\/","title":{"rendered":"Calabar retains award as Kizito is second"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/calabar-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For the second season running, Gor Mahia&#8217;s dependable defender David Owino &#8220;Calabar&#8221; retained the defensive player of the year award he won in 2013. A just reward for a player who has been consistent for the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Sserunkuma was award the golden boot award. However it is not clear why other players were even nominated given that Sserunkuma was clearly the top scorer.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Geoffrey Kizito who has been solid and dynamic throughout was somehow beaten by Anthony Ndolo of Sofapaka in both the player of the year and the midfielder of the year awards. It is not clear why Sserunkuma was not nominated for this award.<\/p>\n<h3>Allegations of cheating<\/h3>\n<p>A report by the Standard indicates that there was widespread bribery and side deals conducted by the coaches who were assigned to do the voting.<\/p>\n<div>\u201cIt is unfortunate that, as coaches, we showed open bias yet we are the technical people entrusted with this important exercise to reward deserving players,\u201d said a source.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u00a0\u201cA section of coaches want a thorough investigation launched into a clandestine meeting some coaches reportedly held to discuss how they would vote,\u201d the source said. Disquiet has been building up over the years, especially that KPL Foya winners, except with Sserunkuma in 2012, have failed to replicate their talent in subsequent seasons.<\/div>\n<div>Apparently some of the coaches approached the nominees and demanded\u00a0 a slice of the prize money in return for votes. Winners in each category are given KES 100,000 with runners up getting KES 75,000.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>KPL 2014 awards winners<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Best Player of the Year \u2013 Antony Ndolo (Sofapaka); <\/b> 1st Runner up \u2013 Geoffrey Kizito (Gor Mahia); 2nd Runner up \u2013 Stephen Waruru (Ulinzi Stars)<\/p>\n<p><b>Coach of the Year \u2013 Mike Muiruri (Chemelil Sugar); <\/b> 1st Runner up \u2013 Sam Timbe (Sofapaka); 2nd Runner up \u2013 Robert Matano (Ulinzi Stars)<\/p>\n<p><b>Golden Boot \u2013 Dan Sserunkuma (Gor Mahia); <\/b>1st Runner up \u2013 Enock Agwanda (Sofapaka), Stephen Waruru (Ulinzi Stars); 2nd Runner up &#8211; Michael Olunga (Thika United), Jesse Were (Tusker)<\/p>\n<p><b>Goalkeeper of the Year \u2013 Jairus Adira (Chemelil Sugar); <\/b>1st Runner up \u2013 Robert Mboya (Mathare United); 2nd Runner up \u2013 Fredrick Onyango (Gor Mahia)<\/p>\n<p><b>Defender of the Year \u2013 David Owino (Gor Mahia); <\/b> 1st Runner up \u2013 Charles Odette (Sony Sugar); 2nd Runner up \u2013 Felly Mulumba<\/p>\n<p><b>Midfielder of the Year \u2013 Antony Ndolo (Sofapaka); <\/b>1st Runner up \u2013 Geoffrey Kizito (Gor Mahia); 2nd Runner up \u2013 Brian Osumba (Tusker)<\/p>\n<p><b>Fair Play Player of the Year \u2013 Hamisi Mwinyi (Chemelil Sugar); <\/b>1st runner up \u2013 John Njoroge (Sofapaka); 2nd Runner up \u2013 Barrack Odhiambo (KRA)<\/p>\n<p><b>New Young Player of the Year \u2013 Kennedy Owino (Nakuru All Stars); <\/b> 1st Runner up &#8211; Kevin Omondi (City Stars); 2nd Runner up \u2013 Nicholas Kamau (City Stars)<\/p>\n<p><b>Fair Play Team of the Year \u2013 Muhoroni Youth; <\/b>1st runner up \u2013 Gor Mahia; 2nd Runner up \u2013 Nakuru All Stars<\/p>\n<p><b>Most Improved Centre Referee of the Year \u2013 Peter Waweru; <\/b>1st Runner up \u2013 Anthony Ogwayo; 2nd Runner up \u2013 Moses Osano<\/p>\n<p><b>Most Improved Assistant Referee of the Year \u2013 Stephen Oduor; <\/b>1st Runner up \u2013 Dorcas Wanza; 2nd Runner up \u2013 Oliver Odhiambo<\/p>\n<p><b>Team Manager of the Year \u2013 William Muluhya (Mathare United); <\/b>1st Runner up \u2013 Amenipa Bigisho (Sofapaka); 2nd Runner up \u2013 George Maina (Thika United)<\/p>\n<p><b>Chairman\u2019s Award \u2013 Ronald Ngala<\/b><\/p>\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\/calabar-retains-award-as-kizito-is-cheated\/\"\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>For the second season running, Gor Mahia&#8217;s dependable defender David Owino &#8220;Calabar&#8221; retained the defensive player of the year award<\/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":[204,249,237],"class_list":["post-5677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-david-owino-calabar","tag-geoffrey-kizito","tag-gor-mahia-2014-kenya-premier-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5677","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=5677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}