Gor Mahia midfielder Austin Odhiambo (centre) celebrates his goal with teammates Rooney Onyango (left) and Boniface Omondi during their Football Kenya Federation Premier League match against Bandari at Kenyatta Stadium, Machakos on December 22, 2023.
Exodus 14:13 would be apt: Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.”
Away from spiritual stamina, there is also the issue of the venue. Talk was rife in Gor Mahia’s circles that the club was in a conversation with Al Ahly to have the two legs of the fixture in Cairo.
The tale of the two Raymonds - Gor Mahia CEO Raymond Oruo and Kenya Police FC patron Raymond Omollo must be two very happy men after their respective teams weathered the storm to romp into the next stages of their continental campaigns.
While the first Raymond was calm after Gor were beaten 1-0 in Juba by Al Mareikh in Caf Champions League preliminaries saying that he was sure K’Ogalo would turn tables on their opponents in the reverse fixture, it was the second Raymond who must have laughed the loudest after his team, having all but been killed and buried in Nairobi, had a Lazarus moment in Addis Ababa, resurrecting and beating the fancied Ethiopia Coffee 1-0 in Caf Confederation Cup.
