The Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Heritage through the state department of sports has today officially requested for documents to be inspected by a committee that was constituted to probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds by the country’s football governing body Football Kenya Federation (FKF).Back in October 14, Sports Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohamed issued a green light for a financial audit to be carried out on FKF with Sports Registrar Rose Wasike tasked with conducting the audit that is expected to last not more than two weeks.##NAJAVA_MECA_5928959##Pursuant to that directive, the Sports Registrar on 18th October then appointed a body to undertake the inspection exercise with the directive of identifying areas of non-compliance to the Sports Act, scrutinizing FKF books or records, accounts and expenditure and to prepare an inspection report and submit the findings to the Cabinet Secretary within two weeks from the date of appointment.“Following the Cabinet Secretary’s directive that an inspection of FKF be undertaken in accordance with the Sports Act and subsequent appointment of the Inspectors, the Inspectors (Inspection Committee) hereby request you to submit certified copies of the following documents for the period between 1 July, 2014 to date on or before the 28 Day of October, 2021 to enable the Inspectors execute their mandate,” a statement from the State Department read.A parliamentary committee has summoned Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa to shed light on allegations of irregularly pocketing Sh11 million in allowances from the federation’s accounts. #MaliarSacco pic.twitter.com/RDCigQW63O— Ronoh Cornelius (Kipchumba) (@kipro_hon) October 27, 2021 In the statement, FKF is expected to provide up to 34 items within 24 hours to facilitating the auditing. The items include:1. Current FKF Constitution2. FIFA and CAF Statutes3. FKF Registration Certificate(s)4. Licenses for Referees, Coaches and Athletes5. List of registered Sports Organizations (County football sports associations and clubs including premier league, nationwide and super league) affiliated to FKF- and their registration certificates.6. List of registered Members, National Officials/Governing Members, Athletes and Technical Officials Council7. Identification documents I.e. Identity Cards and phone numbers of Staff, Members, National Officials/Governing Council Members, Athletes and Technical Officials 8. Contracts of engagement of Coaches. Referees and Staff9. Master Payroll10. Proposals and Requests for funding11. List of all Projects undertaken and the respective status project implementation12. Records including but not limited to contracts relating to funding of FKF by the Government, FIFA. CAF. Odibet. Multi-Choice amongst other Donors13. Grants and Donations, both development and Recurrent, from Government, Non-Governmental Organizations and individuals.14. Grants and Donations from international organizations like Multi Choice, FIFA, Odibet and CAF15. Exchequer releases16. Expenditure returns and Reports relating to funds received Government, various Organizations and Individuals.17. Internal and External Audit Reports18. Approved budgets19. List of bank accounts held by FKF20. Authorized signatories to FKF Bank accounts and the mandate21. Bank Statements22. Bank reconciliation statements23. Cheque counterfoils24. Cashbooks25. Payment vouchers properly grouped as per the voted provisions26. Imprest files and Registers27. Asset register28. Strategic plan29. Procurement plans30. Tender documents including but not limited to BQS, registers. list of prequalified tenderers and minutes relating to procurement.31. Annual financial statements32. Annual inter- entity reconciliations33. Annual returns and34. Documents relating to Internal reporting mechanism (Finance. FKF Organization Structure).
