Dennis Oliech Reveals Salary He Used To Be Paid At Gor Mahia
Dennis Oliech states that he was the most paid player at the club then. Photo courtesy
Former Harambee stars captain and all-time national team top scorer Dennis Oliech has revealed how much he used to be paid on his return to Kenya Premier League with 20 times champions Gor Mahia.
Oliech who boasts of being Harambee Stars all-time top scorer with 34 goals after making 76 appearances for the country, made his return to club football in January 2019 with Gor Mahia after 2 years career break. He helped K’Ogalo defend their FKFPL title while reaching the quarter finals of the CAF Confederation Cup as they were knocked out by Moroccan side Renaissance de Berkane in a 7-1 aggregate.
While speaking in an interview with Radio Jambo, Dennis Oliech opened up on several things including his intentions to vie for Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Presidency in elections set to be held later this year. During the interview, the legendary striker revealed the amount of money he used to earn while he was at Gor Mahia. “I used to earn Ksh. 250,000 (a month) at Gor Mahia.” adding that he was the most paid player at the club then.
“I was the highest earning player at the club. My payment was never delayed. However, there was a lot of deducting. Too much deduction, sometimes you did not even understand what and why.”
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Giving out reasons as to why he intends to run for FKF presidency, Oliech said many players in the Kenya Premier League go even 12 months without pay and one of his agendas is to put that to an end. He also revealed that during his time, Harambee Stars players used to be paid 1-2 days to the game and the payment was done in cash which puts them on awkward situation, saying that will never happen in his tenure. “Players being paid on Thursday and the game is on Saturday, imagine having 60K in your pocket, would the player worry about the game or the safety of his money?”
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