{"id":9481,"date":"2017-03-21T22:09:35","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T22:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=9481"},"modified":"2017-03-22T03:10:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T03:10:54","slug":"gor-mahia-releases-gate-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-releases-gate-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Discord at Gor Mahia over gate collections"},"content":{"rendered":"
A section of the crowd at Kisumu last weekend. Image courtesy of David Lastborn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gor Mahia treasurer Sally Bolo has released the gate collection numbers via her social media pages:<\/p>\n

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1. Number of tickets printed:
\n(a) Main Stand 2,500
\n(b) Terraces 7,500
\n2. The number of tickets returned
\n(c) Main stand 2,200
\n(d) Terraces 5,380
\n3. Tickets sold
\n(e) Main Stand 300 x 600 = 180,000.00
\n(f) Terraces 2,120 x 200 = 424,000.00
\nTotal revenue collected = 604,000.00<\/p>\n

Regards
\nSally Bolo
\nTREASURER<\/em><\/p>\n

Judith Nyangi disputes those figures<\/h3>\n

Immediately after the figures were announced, organizing secretary Judith Nyangi disputed the figures, stating that the number was too low.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was expecting a considerable amount. However, to my shock a figure of 600,000 was announced. What happened in Kisumu was not right. The club should not collect that kind of money in Kisumu considering the attendance that was witnessed in that match. Kisumu was full. The Club should collect a minimum of two million shillings in Kisumu.\u201d she said to Kenyanstar.<\/p>\n

Nyangi further went on to fault the manner in which tickets are printed and also revisited the issue of stewards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are a treasurer, then you want to print your own tickets, bring your own ticketing firm and select your own stewards, then how transparent can the process be? That is unacceptable. We gave them space to handle the tickets, and hoped that they would deliver. That did not happen.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Nyangi had fired all the existing stewards while claiming that hiring of stewards was in her docket as Organizing secretary. This resulted in a fracas at the club’s office when the fired stewards stormed the office raining blows on certain officials.<\/p>\n

She further explained the issue in a post on her social media pages.<\/p>\n

My fellow fans when I was elected I disbanded stewards but somebody reinstated them
\nThe firm that used to do ticketing was sent away
\nWhich firm did ticketing and who is the owner
\nWho was in charge of appointing security
\nWho appointed stewards…<\/span>
\nI travelled with the team and came back with the team to and fro
\nSiasa ziliisha wacheni mambo ya camps
\nHii Gor Mahia ndio yetu
\nSitasimama maovu yakitazama
\n#<\/span>WanGorEmawahero<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nyangi, then laid blame on a section of the club\u2019s management saying that the match logistics in Kisumu were a \u2018one-man show\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe office of the treasurer cannot handle everything. I was surprised when I was told to keep off all matters that pertained logistics ahead of the match. \u00a0I wished to travel early but I was not facilitated. I only traveled with the team, was part of the pre-match briefing and returned with them. Everything else that happened, went on behind my back. We gave them space to handle and wished them well, but what happened was a disappointment\u201d Nyangi continued to Kenyanstar.<\/p>\n

Nyangi then challenged the club Chairman Ambrose Rachier to call a meeting in order to resolve these urgent issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we had worked together, these loopholes that are being referred to would have been sealed early meeting. I am not trying to shift blame, but this is probably a pointer that the chairman should summon the entire committee, bring us together and have each team member assigned very clear roles,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Musa Praises coach<\/h3>\n

Gor Mahia skipper Musa Mohamed has credited coach Ze Maria for the success the team has achieved thus far.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is more team work than was witnessed during the previous season and it\u2019s all because that\u2019s what the Coach is instilling in us. In the first place it was not easy” he said to Citizen Sports<\/p>\n

He also noted that having a full pre-season with the coach has enabled the team to adapt better to the coach’s tactics.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came mid-season so readjusting was another challenge but starting with him feels a whole lot easier,\u201d Musa told Citizen Digital\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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