Sports Cabinet Secretary Amb Amina Mohamed on Friday 15 October issued a green light for a financial audit to be carried out on the Football Kenya Federation (FKF).Sports Registrar Rose Wasike has been tasked with conducting the audit that is expected to last not more than two weeks and comes a day after Mwendwa lost his bid to block his possible arrest and prosecution in the High Court.A press release seen by Mozzart Sport confirmed the directive by Amina to audit the financial activities of the federation. All lights on (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa as CS Amina directs Sports Registrar to conduct audit of FKF just a day after court gave DCI & DPP green lights to undertake probe over alleged misappropriation of Sh11 million public funds.Via: @tonyanelka #NickMwendwaMustGo pic.twitter.com/xsmBGgSUxM— Frank Orinde (@FrankOrinde) October 15, 2021 “Today, pursuant to Section 52(1) of the Sports Act (2013), I have directed the Registrar of Sports to undertake the inspection of Football Kenya Federation in accordance to the provisions of the Act,”“She is expected to commence the exercise from 18th October 2021 for a period of less than two weeks and submit a report to my office on or before 2nd November 2021,” read the press release.Amina went on to urge FKF and Mwendwa to accord the Sports Registrar with the necessary support to ensure the task is carried out seamlessly. “The Ministry will assign the required Technical Officers and any other support required to perform this exercise,”“I urge the Football Kenya Federation officials to offer the Registrar necessary support to complete the task as soon as possible,” concluded the press release.On Thursday, Mwendwa lost his bid to block his possible arrest and prosecution after he rushed to High Court back in October 2020 following a complaint by journalist Milton Nyakundi.Among the alleged financial misappropriation include the Outside Broadcast (OB) Van purchased in excess of Ksh100 million that was approved by FIFA as it was a move that would have commercialised local football. Court has paved way for Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa to be arrested and prosecuted by DCI. Nick Mwendwa will now face DCI and explain the corruption and mismanagement of monies at FKF.— Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) October 15, 2021 FKF is alleged to have lost millions after its insolvent supplier WTS Media Group Limited listed them as an unsecured creditor.Back in June this year Auditor General Nancy Gathungu queried Ksh11 million in payments to Mwendwa without requisite documents or authorisation.Also queried were payments worth Ksh 57 million in allowances and bonuses to Harambee Stars players and the technical bench for the team that travelled for African Cup of Nations camps.In the report, Gathungu flagged Ksh111.6 million that was approved for disbursement to cater for accommodation and team allowances and also questioned Ksh529.9 million disbursed to organisations that are not registered by the Commissioner of Sports.
