The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Management Committee has protested Sports CS Amina Mohamed’s decision to extend the term of the FKF Transition Committee for another two months.
According to CS Amina’s gazette notice on Monday, the 11-member Transition Committee led by General (retired) Maurice Oyugi and the seven-member Secretariat led by journalist Lindah Oguttuh’s tenure will be extended on Tuesday.
Their term ended on Sunday, and the CS’s decision is seen as a way to ensure that there is no void in the country’s sports administration.
The FKF Management Committee, through its chairman Robert Macharia, said the CS’s decision was in “bad taste” for Kenyan football and that they will do everything possible to take over the running of the sport in the country.
He stated that they intend to meet Tuesday night to discuss the next steps.
Some of the actions Macharia mentioned were challenging the CS’s decision before the Sports Disputes Tribunal and asking their members to boycott leagues organized by the Transition Committee.
“It was in bad taste. The previous extension (of the term of the FKF Transition Committee) by the CS was for the purpose of successful completion of the leagues. What will they now be doing?” posed Macharia.
“We will not allow the Transition Committee to continue being in office. If it means challenging it in court, we will do that. We will also ask our members to boycott any league that the Transition Committee plans to organise.”
The Transition Committee released fixtures for the 2022/23 FKF Premier League (FKF-PL) and Kenya Women’s Premier League (KWPL) last week, before their tenure ended.
The FKF-PL will begin on September 10, while the KWPL will begin on September 25.
The 13-member FKF Management Committee, which was formed on June 16 during a Special General Meeting at Moi International Sports Centre (MISC) Kasarani in Nairobi, however, objected to the move.
It stated that it will release its own competition fixtures.
