After close to eight months of Kenya serving a FIFA suspension, Tusker FC head coach Robert Matano has asked President William Ruto to convene a stakeholders meeting to solve the football impasse in the country.Leagues in the country are yet to kick off after teams in the top flight vowed not to take part in a non-FIFA sanctioned league forcing the Football Kenya Federation Transition Committee to postpone the kick off dates.Nabwire on why Police could land maiden league titleThe Transition Committee had been tasked with running football in the country after outgoing Sports CS Amina Mohamed disbanded FKF for misappropriation of public funds back in November 2021.Matano urged the President to convene a football stakeholder’s meeting to plot the way forward as he asked Kenyans to float in ideas that would lead to better management of the sport.“Everyone’s opinion is needed to manage football because this is a mass sport, every Kenyan who has an idea about the game should be welcomed to be given their own opinion. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6697011##The president should force football stakeholders to sit together and come up with a formula on how football in this country should be run,” said Matano.FIFA revealed that for the suspension to be lifted the previous FKF office should be reinstated with Nick Mwendwa recently taking over the federation’s office in Kasarani, Nairobi.Matano who is a four time Kenyan Premier League winner admitted that the government has neglected football in the country as he blamed the sport’s management in the country for its woes.Ovella wins millions in compensation over unlawful termination by PSL club“The government has not taken football with the seriousness it deserves, we have been left alone for a long time, in fact athletics are more organized than us and their activities are running smoothly.Our sport is not where it should be because of petty politics, greed and pride which makes us not prosper,” added the former AFC Leopards head coach.
