{"id":6515,"date":"2015-04-02T02:22:05","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T02:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=6515"},"modified":"2015-04-02T02:22:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T02:22:47","slug":"congo-trip-now-in-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/congo-trip-now-in-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo trip now in doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/caf-champs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having failed to raise enough money for their trip to Congo, Gor Mahia are now staring the prospects of not being able to fulfill their obligations in the Africa champions league.<\/p>\n<div>\u201cWe fear we may not travel to Congo because we do not have the money to honour the match. The tickets to Congo alone for 30 people, including players and members of the technical bench, cost Sh2.8 million,\u201d said chairman Rachier.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Rachier continued to reach out to fans.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>He added: \u201cIt is possible that we can get tickets and travel, but the real issue is being able to take care of the team in Congo. We will be in a foreign country with no money to pay for accommodation and transport costs. \u201cWe are appealing to our fans and other well-wishers to come to our aid, otherwise it will be difficult to travel.\u201d he said to the Standard.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Should Gor Mahia not travel to Congo, they could be staring at the prospect of a CAF ban.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cWe are aware of the implications of not honouring the match, but we find ourselves in a situation whereby even if we are able to acquire air-tickets, we will have problems staying in Congo because of inadequate finances.&#8221; he said\/<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Aside from Tuesday&#8217;s Fundraiser, Gor Mahia also held in fundraiser in November that was attended by a number of politicians but fell well short of its targets.<\/div>\n<div><\/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\/congo-trip-now-in-doubt\/\"\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>Having failed to raise enough money for their trip to Congo, Gor Mahia are now staring the prospects of not<\/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":[342,333],"class_list":["post-6515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gor-mahia-finances","tag-gor-mahia-vs-ac-leopards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6515","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=6515"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6517,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6515\/revisions\/6517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}