Tuesday 18th March, 2025 03:00 AM|
Gor Mahia’s long-serving chairman Ambrose Rachier has formally introduced his intention to prolong his management on the nation’s most profitable membership when elections are held on April 13 at Nyayo Stadium’s Basketball Arena in Nairobi.
Rachier who has been on the helm of the membership for 17 years yesterday stated he was throughout the regulation to hunt an extension throughout the polls the place he’ll face off in opposition to present membership treasurer Dolphina Odhiambo.
He stated he had unfinished entrepreneurship on the membership as he has begun plans of placing up a stadium for the report Premier League winners and has laid down plans to make the facet a continental big.
“The Sports Act demands that a club must have a constitution and I meet all the conditions set by the club’s 2019 constitution, which was used in the 2020 elections, so my candidature for a second four-year term is legitimate. Regulation 20 allows anyone who has served for a single term of four years to,” Rachier stated yesterday throughout a media briefing concerning the polls whose discover was revealed by Secretary-General Samuel Ochola yesterday. The polls can be carried out by a free and truthful electoral board.
In the race
The Electoral Board will comprise 5 members led by athletics administrator Gichu Wahome, whereas different members are professor Ben Tihanya, Henry Owero, Omondi Oketch and Rose Anyango. Eight observers from completely different sectors will oversee the train and the Returning Officer can be offered by the Independent Electoral Boundary Commission (IEBC).
He added: “I’m strongly in the race and I’m submitting my papers right away, they are all here. I’m ready and I want to make sure that Gor Mahia win more titles to become invisible and make an impact in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League.”
The elections discover is available in the backdrop of a Sports Disputes Tribunal (SDT) ruling in January that ordered Gor Mahia to conduct elections inside 90 days, citing a breach of the structure after the present government had overstayed its time period.
The court docket discovered that the manager’s four-year mandate, which started in August 2020, expired on August 8, 2024. The case had been stuffed by Bernard Omollo, who sued chairman Rachier, deputy chairman Francis Wasuna, secretary Ocholla and treasurer Odhiambo for failing to carry elections inside stipulated timelines.