International football governing body FIFA has responded after Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed disbanded Football Kenya Federation (FKF), putting in place a caretaker committee.
In a letter dated November 11, 2021, FIFA threatened to ban Kenya over what it termed as government interference with the internal affairs of FKF.
“As a matter of fact, we deem fit to high that all FIFA member associations, including the FKF, are statutorily required to manger their affairs independently and without undue influence of any third parties (cf. art 14 par 1lit. i) and art. 19 para. 1 of FIFA statues). Any failure to these obligations may lead to sanctions provided for in the FIFA statutes, even if the third-party influence was not the fault of the member association concerned.
“In esse, we consider that the aforementioned decision by the Cabinet Secretary to appoint an FKF caretaker Committer in lieu of the elected FKF executive committee is undoubtedly contrary to the above principles. Should this be considered as the undue government in the internal affairs of the FKF, it could lead to a ban imposed on the FKF by the competent FIFA body. In such a case, all of Kenyan football would suffer the consequences and not just the individuals directly in the undue interference,” read the statement from FIFA.
CS AMINA MOHAMED DISBANDED FKF AS FIFA THREATENS TO BAN KENYA
-
Sam De Son
- . November 12, 2021
