Gor Mahia Are Back Where They Belong After Titanic SportPesa Partnership Launch

Record Kenya Premier League winners Gor Mahia saw their fortune change as they relaunched a formidable partnership with leading gaming firm SportPesa.

The titanic announcement was made on Friday in the presence of the entire Gor Mahia squad and SportPesa CEO Captain Ronald Karauri.

Gor have signed a three-year deal that will see SportPesa become their main shirt sponsor in a deal that is worth KSHs 80 million a season.

In what Gor Mahia termed as ‘coming back home’ the club said the move was necessitated by the need for a holistic support beyond financial aspects.

“Today is a great day for both SportPesa and Gor Mahia as we enter this partnership once again.

“We have seen a lot of success in our previous partnership, and I am confident that this marks the beginning of greater things to come,” Captain Karauri stated.

When SportPesa first ventured into Kenyan football, Gor Mahia were their first partners, and this saw many firsts for the beautiful game in the land.

Gor were two-time SportPesa Super Cup winners, and this allowed them to break barriers as they played a friendly against English side Hull City in May 2018.

The record KPL winners lost via a penalty shootout but made history as Hull became the first English side to play a game on Kenyan soil.

“The things that SportPesa and Gor have done together has not been achieved by anyone else in Kenya and this just goes to show how dedicated we remain to development of sports.

“If your heart is not in it, it’s very hard to break such barriers. We are looking forward to helping Gor reach the heights we know they can achieve,” Karauri added.

In November 2018, Gor continued to make history as they became the first Kenyan club to play on English soil as they lost 4-0 to Everton at Goodison Park.

This was the second time that the 19-time KPL winners played against Everton after they lost 2-1 to the Toffees in Dar es Saalam, in a match where Wayne Rooney scored on his return to his boyhood club.

“I want to just say a huge thank you to SportPesa for coming back to rescue us with this new partnership.

“We have achieved so much as a club courtesy of SportPesa and I can say without a doubt that this is the best sponsor we have had since the inception of the club in 1968,” Gor chairman Ambrose Rachier stated.

There is loads of back and forth with the resumption of the top flight in Kenya but Gor maintain that they are set to give the best account of themselves once the season kicks off.

“Now that we are back where we belong with SportPesa, there is no limitation to what we can do.

“I assure our fans that Gor is on the way back to the top of Kenyan football,” Captain Philemon Otieno concluded.