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All the Gor Mahia players as well as the technical bench boycotted training on Wednesday. According to coach Ze Maria, the club must fulfill certain obligations in order for training to resume.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have some issues with the office and I want them to be sorted out before I resume training. As a team fighting for the title, we need to train in a conducive environment but unfortunately this has not been the case. We have done our best as a technical bench to protect the players but it has not been easy,” he told Goal.com<\/p>\n
Ze Maria did not turn up for training on Tuesday or on Wednesday. After a flying start, Gor Mahia are in danger of going off-course in their quest to reclaim the title they lost to Tusker.<\/p>\n
In 2012, Gor Mahia started the season poorly due to infighting within the technical bench. By the time the situation was addressed, The league was already 25% completed. In the end they narrowly lost the league on the last day. Had they addressed the issues earlier, they would have won the league.<\/p>\n
In 2016, the poor start was caused by fighting between coach Frank Nuttall and the Executive committee. Had these issues been resolved before the season started, Gor Mahia would have won the league. On top of that, lax security caused Gor Mahia to lose three points which were deducted due to one fan.<\/p>\n
In essence Gor Mahia should have won the league 5 times in a row from 2012 to 2016, if not for self inflicted wounds.<\/p>\n
The player strike comes hot on the heels of Gor Mahia being thrown out of their Nyayo stadium offices and also being thrown out of their Camp Toyoyo training ground due to late payments.<\/p>\n
And now there is public bickering between two officials over the issue of stewards and the issue of gate receipts.<\/p>\n
This kind of incompetence and lack of transparency also hurts the club’s public image and can make it difficult to get sponsors in the future.<\/p>\n
The infighting and poor organization is threatening to derail the club’s league campaign just as it did in 2012 and 2016.<\/p>\n
The one critical element missing in all this is newly elected Chairman Ambrose Rachier. Since his re-election, he seems to have taken a hands off approach and it is beginning to affect the club. In fact Rachier has been more active on KPL related issues than with issues affecting the club.<\/p>\n
And Rachier has had 8 years to transform the club into a well run unit with qualified professionals each with well established\u00a0 assignments and performance contracts. Instead we are stuck with elected officials, many of whom are not competent and with vague assignments. Does anyone known what an assistant deputy secretary does? And can anyone explain why the club has a sponsor yet salaries are not being paid on time?<\/p>\n
The time has come to change constitution to get competent officials so that the club is run professionally.<\/p>\n