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Chairman Gor Mahia FC and Chairman KPL Ambrose Rachier (left) and Ronald Karauri CEO SportPesa Ronald Karauri share light moment during the unveiling of the annual SportPesa Cup tournament in Nairobi on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]
Gor Mahia charman Ambrose Rachier has called on the government to re-consider their stand on the 35 per cent tax on betting companies.
As one of the beneficiary of sponsorship offered by one of the gaming companies – SportPesa, Gor Mahia hugely depends on sponsorships and the chairman said: “The sports fraternity has been plunged into chaos as its key investors - gaming companies, face a bleak future in a new era of excessively high tax.”
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