The Football Kenya Federation Management Committee has convened a meeting with all football stakeholders in the country next week on Friday, September 2, 2022.All clubs participating in the FKF Premier League, National Super League, Women Premier League, and all other lower leagues have been invited together with the government-backed FKF Transition Committee according to a report by Nation Sports.FKF Management Committee opposes Transition Committee’s mandate extensionThe main agenda for the meeting will be to deliberate on how to ensure the current FIFA suspension imposed on Kenya is lifted, while working in tandem with the incoming government.“This is a meeting for all football stakeholders, administrators, and government officials. The main agenda is to draft and adopt key issues which we shall present to the government with the elephant in the room being how to ensure the Fifa suspension is lifted. It is an all-inclusive meeting and nobody will be left out. We have received a euphoric response from clubs, stakeholders and even the government. This will not be a platform to admonish anyone but to receive views and prepare a draft to the incoming government on how to handle issues concerning football,” Amos Otieno, the FKF Management committee’s Vice Chairperson said as quoted on Nation.Daggers drawn as two bodies fight over control of Kenyan footballThe meeting has also been backed by former Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye who opines that it should create a clear path for football growth while noting that the incoming government should prioritize having the Fifa suspension lifted so that Kenya can participate in international competitions.“If everybody comes to the meeting with a clean heart and a clear conscience then agree on how football will be improved and modalities to effect the changes, then that will be good. The Fifa suspension is affecting our players and the government should not be left out of this,” he said.
