Gor Mahia appoints Eliud Owalo as acting patron after Raila demise

Gor Mahia appoints Eliud Owalo as acting patron after Raila demise

Gor Mahia Executive Committee appointed former Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo as the acting patron following the demise of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Owalo, who is the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Performance and Delivery Management at State House, is currently the deputy patron of the 21-time Kenyan Premier League champions.

Raila has been the club’s patron for over two decades and under his guideship, K’Ogalo have etched their name in the annals of football history by becoming the most successful club in Kenya.

“Following the sad demise of our long serving club patron, the Right Honourable Raila Amollo Odinga and in order to avoid the vacuum created thereby, the Gor Mahia Executive Committee wishes to notify the general public, the football fraternity in general and Gor Mahia Football Club members in particular, that the deputy patron Eliud Owalo will act as the club patron with immediate effect,” the club said in a statement.

Owalo, a former Cabinet Secretary, was appointed deputy patron earlier this year replacing former Homa Bay Governor Cyprian Awiti who resigned due to health concerns.

Raila, who passed away Wednesday morning in India, is being accorded full state honors in recognition of his immense contribution to Kenya’s democracy, reform, and national unity.

He will be laid to rest Sunday.