Former Gor Mahia and Harambee Stars’ midfield maestro Timothy Ayieko has passed on. Ayieko
passed on in Jinja, Uganda and memorial mass was held yesterday in Kakira.
The midfield star born in Kenya and raised in Uganda was one of the most celebrated Ugandan players in the 70’s and 80’s when Uganda Cranes reached Afcon final in 1978 in Ghana. During the political turmoil in Uganda in the mid 70’s, Ayieko returned to Kenya and joined Gor Mahia in 1978, where he became one of the pillars that saw the Kenyan club win honours across the region and the continent. Tim, as he
was popularly known in Kenya, was born in Nyakach in Nyanza but his family moved to Uganda in the 60’s where he was nationalised as a Ugandan. His family in Jinja are making arrangements to bring the body for burial in Nyakach.
Cecafa secretary genera, Nicholas Musonye, himself a close friend of Ayieko since 1979 condoled the family and friends, describing him as a brother and a friend.
“Ayieko was one of the most disciplined, strong and exciting midfielders to thrill crowds in East and Central Africa,” added Musonye. Ayieko was currently working with Kakira Sugar as a sports officer.