The Cabinet Secretary for sports, Amina Mohammed has accused Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa of breaking into the football federation’ offices near Kasarani Stadium.
The CS stated in a statement that she was unaware of Mwendwa’s entry into the office premises and the subsequent ongoing operations of the FKF that had been disbanded.
“My attention has been drawn to a break-in at the FKF offices at Kasarani which was led by officials who were legally removed following an inspection by the Office of the Registrar,” read the statement in part.
“The decision by the Ministry of Sports, Culture & Heritage on November 11, 2021, has since been upheld by the Ruling of the High Court of Kenya on May 10, 2022,” Amina added.
Amina further clarified the reasons which led to the football body in Kenya being disbursed and insisted that the FKF Transition Committee was still in charge of football activities in the country.
She asserted that the action to disband the FKF board was still in action and had not been reversed, thus FKF was in office illegally.
According to Amina, the football organ directors had misappropriated funds allocated to them by the government, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Confederation of African Football(CAF), and several other sponsors.
This subsequently resulted in Kenya being banned by FIFA from participating in international football competitions.
The football commission headed by Mwendwa had additionally refused to submit annual audit reports to the sports registers and therefore did not adhere to the Sports Act.
“FKF also refused to amend the FKF Constitution in line with the Constitution of Kenya 2010, the Sports Act, Sports Registrar Regulations and any other relevant law, was un-procedural in the hiring and sacking of coaches and resisted registering County Sports Associations and stuck to non-registered regional organizations,” Amina stated.
The CS also talked about in her press statement the reason for the objection to the registration of FKF county and national officials that were allegedly elected illegally in 2019 and 2020.
