Rachier calls for Gor Mahia unity amid leadership term limit row

Gor Mahia FC chairman Ambrose Rachier has called for unity within the club as he awaits a High Court ruling on a leadership dispute related to his tenure.

The Sports Registrar Rose Wasike recently directed the club to hold fresh polls to elect new leadership because Rachier had served two terms.

However, Rachier, a Senior Counsel has since disputed this filing an application before Justice David Mburu, where he got interim orders to stay the implementation and enforcement of the Sports Registrar's orders. The case is set for mention on July 15.

While the Registrar acknowledged that the club's first elections under the new Sports Act were held in 2020, Wasike maintained that the tenure of officials already in office at the time of the 2018 registration had concluded.

The dispute began on June 10, when the Sports Registrar sent a letter to Gor Mahia instructing that officials who had served continuously since the club's registration under the Sports Act in June 2018 must be replaced, as their eight-year term limit had expired.

“Elections and issues of illegal occupation of the chairperson need to be addressed and it’s good to let the court deal with the issues that some members are concerned with like the term limits and if the chairman is eligible or was eligible in the last election,” said Rachier.

While the Registrar acknowledged that the club's first elections under the new Sports Act were held in 2020, Wasike maintained that the tenure of officials already in office at the time of the 2018 registration had concluded.

Rachier, however, argues that his term under the Sports Act officially began after the 2020 elections.