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PM in latest controversy as Mariga saga deepens
It has now emerged that Prime Minister Raila Odinga lobbied and even managed to secure a work permit for Kenyan midfielder McDonald Mariga from the UK Home Office, but it was too little too late.
Mr Odinga said he spent close to three hours on phone talking to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office, the Africa Office, office of Culture and Sports, the Home office, and to Mr Mariga himself. "The FA President David Triesman assured me that with a UK work permit now in his hands, Mariga could join FA in May when another transfer window opens," Mr Odinga told a news conference in Nairobi on Tuesday. The PM however said he was disappointed with the turn of events after Mr Mariga failed to secure a place with Manchester City due to the work permit hitch. The player was however signed by Inter Milan late on Monday for four years. The Premier said that all was not lost as the as the FA president had assured him that Mr Mariga could join the FA when another transfer window opens. Mr Odinga said that Mr Mariga’s failure to join Manchester City hit the country hard adding he had received a number of calls from concerned Kenyans who felt the government should intervene. This news is however suspicious and more will be revealed in later reports. It is unheard of that a PM is involved in any transfer. Infact this is a potential scandal, and historical!
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