With more than sevens months since world football governing body, FIFA suspended Kenya from international football former Harambee Stars head coach Stanley Okumbi has opened up on the ramifications of the move.FIFA suspended Kenya for government interference in football back in February 2022 after outgoing Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed disbanded the Football Kenya Federation for misappropriation of public funds.Masud on target as Difaa suffers heavy defeat in MoroccoOkumbi who has now taken up an administrative role at Division One side Rainbow FC admitted that our national teams and leagues stand to be affected by the suspension.“The teams that we will compete against in the future have been playing competitive football, we have had the AFCON and World Cup qualifiers which we did not participate in which will obviously affect us.##NAJAVA_MECA_6686227##Our league have also not been competitive because people were doubting the legitimacy but what we can do is take the players we have and develop them to the next level because that is our work as coaches,” said Okumbi.There is some light at the end of the tunnel with regards to the lifting of the FIFA suspension as former FKF President Nick Mwendwa hinted at a return to football with the world football governing body stating that the suspension will be lifted if the previous FKF office is reinstated.Okumbi was also adamant that football in the country will be back to normalcy as he added that the spotlight should be shone on returning the sport to where it was before.FKF Transition Committee lists 12 recommendations for adoption“According to me football is back, we are not late just that there was a mistake that happened but I feel the momentum that the federation had is back. We just have to forget what happened and focus on returning our level of football back to where it was before,” added Okumbi.
