Gor Mahia players are silently revolting over nonpayment, Mozzart Sport can report.Only nine players showed up for the team’s Thursday training at Camp Toyoyo, sparking more questions than the club’s hierarchy was willing to answer.As per the Team Manager, Jolawi Obondo, the poor turnout was by design. “This was according to the coach’s program,” Jolawi told Mozzart Sport, adding that, “the session was mostly involving defenders.””The coach (Johnathan McKinstry) has been doing this regularly if he wants to focus on a particular area of training and it should not concern to anyone.”However, it is now emerging that there could be more than meets the eye. Punter pockets tens of thousands from KES 33 stakeAccording to a player who spoke anonymously for fear of victimisation, majority senior players are on a go slow over nonpayment. Manchester United midfielder names Wanyama as best African teammate”We’re suffering a lot. Those officials are just telling lies to cover up things, but the truth is we’ve not been paid for two months now,” he said, “Even when they pay, we don’t get full salary, but half, that’s how it has been for a while now and we feel pushed to the wall.” He added. In July Gor Mahia signed what looked on paper as a lucrative sponsorship deal with a betting company.The details were that the club would get a total of Ksh 76.5 million per year for three years. Ksh 5 million would be used for kitting with Ksh 1.5 going into players’ insurance kitty.But from sources within the club, the betting firm, which is just setting up in Kenya, has been unable to meet their side of the bargain.”Hao watu hawana pesa (those people don’t have money). They are just milking our brand with nothing in our pockets,” an informant said under strict instructions not to be named.In the meantime, despite the financial troubles, the team has continued to prepare for the upcoming football season.K’Ogalo’s was scheduled to face Kenya Police FC in a friendly match on Saturday afternoon, a game that has already been shelved with Police now facing Bidco United on the same day. K’Ogalo had also lined up a friendly against Nyeri Marafiki FC on Sunday.
