Rich again Gor Mahia set for pre-season camp abroad after advent of new money

Gor Mahia Secretary General Sam Ochola has disclosed that the team will have a training camp outside the borders once FKF releases the 2022/23 season fixtures and the suspension slapped on Kenya by the world football governing body, FIFA is lifted.Returning FKF President Nick Mwendwa earlier announced that the new season will commence at the end of the month although he is yet to issue a specific date when the league will start. This came after clubs announced that they will not be playing in the Transition Committee-run league as it is not recognized by FIFA, the committee has since suspended league kick indefinitely.##NAJAVA_MECA_6698112##Gor, who will be keen on dethroning Tusker who have won the last two league titles are also preparing for the new season although they have been faced by challenges occasioned by financial challenges, which resulted in the players staging go-slows over salary arrears. They recently landed a sponsor and the strikes are now a thing of the past.Former Gor Mahia FC utility man Geoffrey Walusimbi (Left) has announced his retirement from football at the age of 34.The ex Uganda cranes star featured for K’ogalo from 2014 to 2018. pic.twitter.com/0NN6ZZqmdD— Geoffrey Mwamburi (BEKI) (@bekimwamburi) October 5, 2022 The club was also not in a position to sign players due to a FIFA transfer embargo. The suspension will be lifted in January and Ochola has revealed that part of their preparations for the new season will be a training camp outside the country. He added that they will only do this once the FIFA suspension has been lifted to avoid a repeat of what was witnessed when Kenya Police FC traveled to Rwanda but could not play Rayon Sports due to the world football governing body sanctions. “I want to thank our fans for their continued support and to assure them that the transfer ban will be lifted soon. We are preparing well for the new season and we are also planning for a camp outside the country immediately after the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) releases the fixtures. We don’t want to camp now to face hardships similar to Kenya Police if the FIFA ban is not lifted,” he told Citizen.Clubs commenced their pre-season over two months ago and the continued delay of league kick-off has left them in the dark not knowing whether to break their training camp or to continue training with the hope that the new season will commence at the end of the month as promised by the FKF supremo.Yema takes break from competitive football after exiting Wazito camp

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