Gor Mahia's trip to Zambia to play their Caf Confederation Cup fixture against Napsa Stars was on the verge of collapsing until ex-Nairobi governor Mike ‘Sonko’ Mbuvi stepped in to bail them out.
Goal can exclusively reveal the team was on the verge of not honouring the return leg at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka as they did not have money to purchase tickets for the trip.
It is the reason their first attempt to fly out on a Friday collapsed as the club was yet to secure air tickets after the Football Kenya Federation, who had promised to help them, returned negative answers.