Gor Mahia are not yet off the hook on matters transfer embargo after Dickson Ambundo, through his lawyer Elvis Majani, insisted on the full settlement before they can write to FIFA to confirm that the issue has been settled.Gor Mahia, through their sporting directing Lordvic Aduda told Citizen Digital that they had settled their arrears with Dickson Ambundo and Shafik Batambuze and were only waiting for the parties involved to confirm receipt of the money, with Batambuze already having done so.Majani acknowledged that they had received payment meant for Ambundo but it was not the full amount owed to the player, and thus would only write to FIFA after the balance was cleared plus a 5% interest.”Gor Mahia has only paid Ksh1 Million and Dickson Ambundo insists he wants full settlement. The balance is Ksh200,000 plus 5% interest. That has to be paid before we write to FIFA on behalf of the player confirming that the matter is fully settled,” Majani said.Why Gor Mahia are signing players despite FIFA transfer ban https://t.co/BMU6EiCdCa via @MozzartSportKe— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) August 16, 2021 Gor has been barred from registering new players until they settled the dues owed to the parties that had sued them for not meeting their contractual obligations.“We have cleared with Batambuze and his lawyer has written back to us confirming the receipt of the money. We are forwarding the same communication to FIFA today(Monday). As for Ambundo, we have paid him through his Nairobi-based lawyer and we expect him to respond today confirming receipt. Pollack’s case is sealed. We are done with him and FIFA is in the picture. We will now write to FIFA to give us the green light to recruit, now that the window is still open.’’ Aduda is quoted byAccording to Aduda, K’Ogalo used grants from CAF to settle the dues with the amount’s due taking up over 50% of the money from the continental body.Earlier, Aduda had told Mozzart Sport that the embargo was not a big concern for Gor Mahia because they knew it would be lifted once they received the grants and paid the players.Gor Mahia players leaving the team’s WhatsApp group like nonsense. A good number of them want out over nonpayment of salaries.— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) August 31, 2021 The development comes at a time when Gor Mahia badly need to flex their muscle in the transfer market as they have a depleted squad that needs to be beefed up with the league set to kick off later this month.
