The current Coronavirus Pandemic has had its fair share of impact on Football Premier League Giants Gor Mahia with the club sinking in debts as days go by.
The current halt in all sporting activities within the country has triggered lack of income into the club and thus having a major impact on payment of the players and club's technical team as they are currently running in their third month with no pay.
With such woes in the club the players last week opted to downing their tools as they demanded for their 3 months salary arrears.The players decided to boycott the online training programmes until their demands are met.
Botched CAF club competitions campaigns, no fans in the stadium and dependence on one sponsor(Betsafe) have made operations at the club very difficult and the latest development is a sign of tougher days to come if the current situation prevails.
The Betsafe sponsorship (Ksh55 million per season) is evidently not enough to settle the club woes as they also depend on the income generated through fans attendance which is currently impossible after the games were forced to be played behind closed doors.
In an interview at a local radio station Ramogi FM, the club's treasurer Dolphina Odhiambo revealed that the club is in a serious financial crisis as it owes its chairman Ambrose Rachier Ksh100 million, She also said that she is owed by the club, but did not disclose the amount.
When she was asked why the wage bill was so high, she explained that when she took over from former treasurer Sally Bolo, the club’s monthly wage bill stood at Ksh5.5 million as compared to the current Ksh 4.5 million, noting that the figure has come down.
The club treasurer also narrated to the local radio station that Gor owe the playing unit salaries for the month of February ,March and the current month of April, a situation she attributes to the delay by the continental football body CAF in releasing the Ksh6 million entitled to the club for reaching round two of the CAF Champions League preliminaries.