In the wake of the innumerable officiating concerns raised by both top flight and second tier clubs, the Football Kenya Federation Caretaker Committee has challenged the aggrieved outfits to formally table their grievances rather than verbally whining and pouring out their frustrations to various media outlets.Top flight clubs have been up in the arms with the standards of officiating in the competition with a majority of clubs crying to the committee to crack its whip.Last weekend, an ugly altercation was reported in the Gor Mahia’s 2-1 loss to Kakamega Homeboyz at Bukhungu Stadium where it is alleged that centre referee George Mwai was assaulted after awarding the host team a contested penalty.@FKFcaretaker what is this?Several complaints have been raised before by teams such as @BandariOfficial on match officiating during @KHomeboyz Home games.@MathareUnited had too raised issues on the same team and same stadium.@FKFcaretaker, investigate George Mwai & @KHomeboyz pic.twitter.com/Hx5AYIMZWj— Ronny Otieno (Richie) (@RRRICHIE) December 19, 2021 The Caretaker head of competitions Ali Amour while admitting that he had heard and read of the complains raised by clubs said none had written to his office to share their piece of mind. Amour called on clubs to embrace the culture of voicing concerns the formal way rather than doing it verbally.National Super League clubs revolt against Aaron Ringera’s FKF Caretaker Committee“The committee is aware of the growing concerns raised by clubs in regards to officiating. Unfortunately, none of the clubs has come forward to write to us or even present evidence that contrasts that of the match commissioner and thus it is difficult to take action. Clubs have the tendency of complaining verbally and rushing to the sections of the media to criticize referees and at the end of the day status quo remains. I encourage them to do things the formal way,” he said.Financially stricken clubs yet to receive money from FKF caretaker committeeTo address the elephant in the room, Amour revealed that the committee was on the course to establish a referee’s table meant to take stock of their performance.The administrator while acknowledging the need to have the matches beamed so as to capture each and every moment on the pitch said plans were underway to have the referees retrained on the basics.“We have heard the complains and we will come up with a referee’s table aimed at evaluating their performance. Every other serious league out there has a table where referee’s job is put under the scope. We will also retrain them on the basics and most importantly, take care of their welfare,” he added.
