Newly appointed Gor Mahia boss Jonathan McKinstry has revealed that his main task at the record Kenyan champions will be to get the team back to the top of the hierarchy in the Football Kenya Federation Premier League.The 37 year old Northern Irishman made the statement immediately after signing a reported two year contract with the record 19-time champions as he was officially unveiled as the man to take over from German tactician Andreas Spier on Friday 29 July 2022.Gor Mahia unveil new Irish coachHaving previously been in charge of the Uganda, Rwanda and Sierra Leone national football teams with club management stints in Bangladesh and Lithuania, McKinstry was roped into the team ahead of the new 2022/2023 campaign that kicks off on 27 August this year.“The opportunity to lead Gor Mahia is something that has interested me for several years – ever since I first visited the club in 2016 whilst Head Coach of Rwanda. The stature of the club, combined with its significant and passionate fan base place them as one of the leading clubs on the continent. To be trusted with the responsibility of guiding them back to success is a task that I relish” the coach remarked.Delighted to be appointed Head Coach of @OfficialGMFC and looking forward to an exciting road ahead in Nairobi.#KOgalo #SirkalMore info at: https://t.co/2v527fxxUX pic.twitter.com/xECWdi5wE7— Johnathan McKinstry (@johnnymckinstry) July 29, 2022 “There can be no doubt that the last couple of years will have been deeply frustrating for everyone associated with the club, as results have not matched the expectations of this great club. We will be doing everything within our power to rectify that not only for this season, but also to lay strong foundations that will allow for the return of a sustained period of success in the club’s history,” he stated.Despite winning six out of the nine available league titles since 2013 where they dominated the local league until 2020, K’Ogalo have found themselves losing ground as they have finished 8th and 3rd in the last two seasons respectively.##NAJAVA_MECA_6534682##In order to return Gor Mahia back to their glory days, McKinstry will be hoping to use his expertise that saw him win the 2019 CECAFA tournament while serving as the Uganda Cranes head coach. He was also named the Cecafa 2015 coach of the tournament while serving as Rwanda’s national team coach.The Northern Irishman will however have to deal with a Gor Mahia squad that is short on numbers and majorly lacks experience as the club is currently serving a transfer ban from FIFA upto 2023.
