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Mathare United FC's George Owino (left) is challenged by Kennedy Ayako of Wazito FC during KPL match at Camp Toyoyo on Saturday April 21, 2018. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
George Owino, the player at the centre of match fixing storm is no longer a Mathare United player.
The premier league club made the decision to drop the former defender on December 13 after football’s world governing body Fifa informed them of a damning report they were compiling on his involvement in match fixing.
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