Gor to pay CAF Sh 1.5m for crowd trouble as financial and players’ crises intensify

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Troubled Gor Mahia Chairman Ambrose Rachier has confirmed that the club has for the second time this season been fined by Confederation of African football (CAF) over crowd trouble.

The club has been slapped with a Ksh 1.5 million penalty for two incidences of unsporting behaviours from their fans.

Things have continued getting hard for Gor Mahia which has had a busy season so far taking part in Africa continental championship and the local Kenyan Premier League.

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K’Ogallo has been on CAF’s receiving end for at least thrice now.

In the first incidence, K’Ogalo have been fined half a million shillings for throwing bottles on the pitch by fans during their game against NA Hussein Dey of Algeria at the Kasarani Stadium.

While in the second incidence they have landed a Ksh 1 million fine for pitch invasion during their match against Petro Atletico of Angola at the same venue.

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Meanwhile, the club’s chairman Ambrose Rachier has rubbished claims that the club is broke after a Bungled travel plan and players’ go-slow over unpaid allowances and bonuses hit the club recently.

Rachier accused his players of insubordination and threatened unspecified action against a section whom he termed ‘indisciplined’.

Rachier spoke on Thursday during a press briefing at a Nairobi hotel where he attempted to clear the air over the controversies surrounding the two-legged quarter-final match of the Caf Confederation Cup pitting the Kenyan champions against Moroccan club RS Berkane.

“To the astonishment of the club management, the players refused both to attend the scheduled training the following day and to report to camp demanding payment of accrued bonuses and training allowances,” Rachier charged.

According to him, the said players stayed away from the team’s hotel only to turn up late on the day of the match, with aim of embarrassing the management in the presence of high profile dignitaries including opposition leader Raila Odinga and Sports Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohammed.

Gor will be in action on Friday when they play against Kakamega Homeboyz at Bukhungu stadium.

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