Oluoch breaks silence, tips Gor to clinch Cup

Veteran Gor Mahia custodian Boniface Oluoch has broken his silence after tipping the club to end their nine-year wait for the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Cup. 

Gor are scheduled to take on the high-flying Bidco United in the semifinals of the Cup with their traditional rivals AFC Leopards confronting Division One side Equity FC in the other tie.

Oluoch has taken a back seat since March, leaving the duo of Gad Mathews and Caleb Omondi to alternate in between the posts. 

The former Harambee Stars goalkeeper has come out to claim that the Cup which the club lastly toasted in 2012 will be theirs to lose should they eliminate Bidco United on Sunday.

Oluoch says Gor are not accustomed to trophy drought and will give their best to clinch the Cup and win the rights to play in the next season's CAF Confederation Cup.

The shot stopper who did not rule out the possibility of the club savouring the double said their recent performance is a clear indication that the players are ready to fight their hearts out and deliver the two titles.

"The team has gained momentum at the right time. If we can manage a win over Bidco then we will easily claim the Cup which has been slipping through our hands for quite some years. There is also a big possibility that we may win two titles at the end of the season," he said.

Meanwhile, the former Tusker gloveman maintained that he was part of the team and attributed his prolonged absence to a recurring ankle injury.

Oluoch was rumoured to have been phased out of the club under unclear circumstances even as reports suggest that he was thrown out alongside former goalkeepers' trainer Willis Ochieng. 

"I am still a Gor Mahia player but an ankle injury has kept me away for some time. I have begun light training and probably will be back next month," he cleared the air.