Gor Mahia have formally completed the signing of Nairobi City Stars defender Kennedy “Vidic” Onyango on a two-year deal.The central defender leaves Simba wa Nairobi after almost three years and will take up a new challenge with the record league champions where he is viewed as Dennis Ng’ang’a’s replacement after the club and the player failed to agree to a new deal.Former Gor Mahia defender Ng’ang’a joins Zambian giants alongside KapaitoVidic’s exit means the club will have to recruit other central defenders as they have already parted ways with Salim Abdallah who was recently sanctioned by Football Kenya Federation (FKF) over alleged involvement in match manipulation.Nairobi City Stars CEO Patrick Korir has lauded the player not only for his talent but for his personality as well.##NAJAVA_MECA_7386106##”He is the kind of player you never want to let go. Good-hearted, straightforward, and the type that just came to the ground, performed his role with a 150 percent commitment and went home,” Korir told the Star.“He never took losses kindly, he’d go straight to a corner, look down, and never wanted anyone to talk to him for even up to an hour. The offer from Gor came at a time he was extending his contract with Simba wa Nairobi for the upcoming season.”Official: Harambee Stars ace Joseph Okumu joins French Ligue 1 sideThe club chief added that the player had informed them of his desire to leave after being approached and that they couldn’t stand in his way.“He informed us about the approach and we sat and reasoned. We gave him our full blessings to make the move and we wish him the very best as he turns from blue to green,” he concluded.He becomes Gor Mahia’s third off-season signing after Cliff Nyakeya from AFC Leopards and Kevin Juma from Nzoia Sugar FC.McKinstry reveals Gor Mahia’s turning point in the FKF PL title race
