By Anderson Ojwang
Ahead of the Tuesday game, Gor Mahia had punished and humiliated Rwanda’s APR and bragged as the husband of the teams.
Today, it is a do-or-die for Gor Mahia, APR and Vipers in the last game of the group stages. One of the teams will kiss the tournament goodbye.
But President Museveni’s Vipers did not take the challenge lightly and poisoned Gor Mahia by a solitary goal, leaving the Ghanaian tactician claiming a backstab in the club.
Vipers bragged on their social media platform: “Gor Mahia fans: – ‘We are the husbands of all teams.’ Gusto Mulongo: – Say it again. Good Morning, Venoms. It felt good to start off the week in a good mood after a sweet revenge on the K’Ogalos. Msiwache wapunzike, remind them tulishinda.”
The coach Denis Lavagne wrote: “We showed patience, discipline and belief until the very end. Gor Mahia made things difficult for us, but the players never stopped fighting. This is the mentality I want to see from my team because tournaments are not only about playing well—they’re also about finding a way to win. We are pleased to be top of the group with two victories, but nothing has been achieved yet. Our focus now shifts entirely to APR FC. We must recover well, stay humble and produce another strong performance to finish the group stage the way we want.”
But in the Gor Mahia den, the coach finds himself in hot soup over the loss and may soon find out how hot the coach’s seat at Gor Mahia is.
After the loss, the coach came under heavy criticism from the fans and must redeem himself by winning the last group game.
Why the last game is important
K’Ogalo does not only have a date to win the trophy but to avenge on behalf of its immediate former patron, the late Raila Amolo Odinga, and bring back tears of joy to Kenyans.
As fate would have it, K’Ogalo must now wipe out the tears of Mahia fans after the demise of the patron by not only beating the Djibouti representatives, Garde Republicaine, comprehensively but also lifting the trophy.
In February 2025, Kenya’s Raila lost to Djibouti’s candidate Mahamoud Ali Youssouf in the seventh round of the election after the winner garnered 33 votes.
Mahamoud’s victory did not go down well with Kenyans and specifically K’Ogalo fans, who have now found an opportunity to revenge and honour Raila by lifting the trophy.
Gor Mahia has been pooled with APR FC from Rwanda and Vipers SC from Uganda in Group A.
In Raila’s last breakfast and public meeting before he travelled to India for treatment, where he died, he gave Gor Mahia Sh10 million and challenged them to win the Premier League and continental trophies.
Kagame meets Museveni
Today, President Kagame will be hoping APR will make amends and weaken the poison and lay Vipers to the ground.
But Museveni’s boys too want to continue with the bragging right as the husband of teams.
The match promises to be a do-or-die and could turn out to be the final that never was in the tournament.
