Gor Mahia reveal millions spent on monthly expenditures
Reading Time: 3min | Tue. 30.06.26. | 19:14
With quality players and coaches, a huge passionate fanbase and hunger for success, the club undoubtedly has one of the highest expenditures in the country
In a bid to improve transparency at the community club, Gor Mahia treasurer Gerphas Okuku has revealed the team's monthly expenditure that runs into the millions.
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K’Ogalo is the most successful club in Kenya in terms of titles, having won, among others, a record 22 league crowns and 11 Mozzart Bet Cup accolades.
With quality players and coaches, a huge passionate fanbase and hunger for success, the club undoubtedly has one of the highest expenditures in the country.
In an address to the press on Monday, 29 June, Okuku revealed that the club spends up to Ksh4 million every month without even paying salaries.
“To comfortably run the club for a month, we need an average of Ksh1 million per week, including the Gor Mahia Queens and the Youth team,” said Okuku.
For training alone, the club hires venues at a cost of Ksh25,000 to Ksh30,000 per day, with bus fuel costing between Ksh20,000 and Ksh30,000.
“With the team training an average of five teams every week, we spend an average of Ksh250,000,” said Okuku.
The other costs are largely match day expenses, which include Ksh145,000 to hire the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani or Ksh85,000 for hiring Nyayo National Stadium, VVIP dias inclusive.
The club pays 10% of the gross collection to the firm managing the online ticketing, while 15% of the gross is also paid to Sports Kenya as part of the cost for hiring either Nyayo or Kasarani.
According to Okuku, Gor Mahia utilises Ksh32,000 to hire a platoon of security (RDU officers) to be deployed in matches and with three platoons needed for their match, the club parts ways with Ksh96,000.
Equally, the club spends between Ksh15,000 and Ksh20,000 on regular police, with another Ksh60,000 used to hire stewards.
The experienced administrator also revealed that the team goes to camp before every match at a cost of Ksh300,000 per game.
With the club posting positive results for the majority of the season, Ksh200,000 is spent on match-winning allowances, which rose to Ksh370,000 per match towards the end of the season as a way of motivating the players to recapture the title.
Okuku went ahead to reveal two matches that cost the club way above the average cost of matches.
“We spend about Ksh1.3 million when we play in Mombasa, which is, in fact, the lowest number of nights spent.
For our stay in Homa Bay awaiting the match against Mara Sugar, the club spent Ksh2 million to accommodate the team for about a week in order to reduce travelling fatigue.”
According to Okuku, the club would need to collect an average of Ksh1.5 million to Ksh2 million from their home matches in order to operate smoothly.