The failure by the Football Kenya Federation Transition Committee to follow the laid down procedures of organizing a top flight match have compelled Kariobangi Sharks to announce their withdrawal from this weekend’s league game against AFC Leopards, club chairman Robert Maoga has said.Sharks caught many by surprise when they took to their verified social media pages and made known their decision to dish freebies to Leopards who are supposed to host them on Saturday.🗞️| O F F I C I A L C O M M U N I C A T I O N.#WeAreSharks #BetwaySharks pic.twitter.com/4i2AjGnXf3— Kariobangi Sharks FC (@k_sharksfc) May 13, 2022 According to Maoga, the club intends to issue its first walkover in the top flight thanks to the inability by the league organizers to follow the process involved in organizing a match.Maoga revealed that they had been kept in the dark in as far as the venue of the game is concerned, and other crucial pre-match nitty gritties that are supposed to be made clear to either teams at least three days to the match.Information on the AFC Leopards pages and the season-long fixtures released as soon as the government took over the running of the game indicates that the game will be played at the Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday.NEXT MATCH We host Kariobangi Sharks at Nyayo Stadium on Saturday (14/05/2022)SEE YOU AT NYAYO STADIUM TOMORROW #Betsafe #OursForever #INGWE pic.twitter.com/LfCyPmG3lv— AFC Leopards (@AFCLeopards) May 13, 2022 Maoga said that his office had not received official correspondence from the newly-formed body regarding the venue and where to table complaints arising from the game or the subsequent ones.The administrator further questioned whether the transitional committee had its branches running effectively just hours after being ushered into office.”Unfortunately, we haven’t heard from the league managers regarding the venue, commitment to provide adequate security, referees and other pre-match processes that must be communicated to either teams at least 72 hours to match day,” he said.He added “The body running the league had its mandate expire early this week and we don’t know who is to appoint and censure referees. We do not know where to take our complaints to neither do we know who is in charge of the competition at the moment. It is unfortunate that the new body hasn’t communicated to us and this leaves a big integrity question on the league, “he explained.CS Amina Mohamed appoints Transition CommitteeHe continued “It is pointless for us to waste resources in honoring a match that we don’t where it will be played, who will ratify the outcome formally, where to take our complaint if any. It would have been prudent to halt the competition for a while and allow the new office to be ready to oversee the remainder of the season , ” he stated.Outgoing caretaker committee quells power vacuum fears, touch on prize money concernsAli Amour, a member of the Transition Committee who served as the head of Leagues and Competitions Sub-Committee in the Caretaker era stayed clear of the concerns raised by Sharks.Instead, while assuring that the game will run through without hiccups, he asked the club to play its role by turning at the match venue and leaving the rest to the hosts, AFC Leopards, and the Transition Committee.
