The Football Kenya Federation Premier League club that will be at the summit by June 30 will represent the country in the CAF Champions League.The declaration was made by Chief Executive Officers from clubs that constitute the country’s top division in a closed-door meeting held on Monday in a Nairobi hotel.##NAJAVA_MECA_6725527##The decision to send the top team to the lucrative CAF inter-club competition was arrived at considering the delayed start of the 2022-2023 season whose kick off has been pushed forward to next month.With mind that the season may not be over by June 30, the deadline set by the continental body to present the winner of the league, the CEO agreed that the top team will earn the rights as they anticipated that the competition will have surprised the 75 percent threshold.White smoke billowing in football after club CEOs reveal league start datesThis will not be the first time for a Kenyan representative in the competition will be decided as the federation used a similar criterion in the 2020-2021 season where Tusker won the rights by virtue of being the top team by June 30.“We are cognizant of the fact that by June 30th we may not have completed the league but we will have surpassed the required threshold, it will be realistic for the team at the top of the league at that time should represent the country in the CAF Champions League,” said Gor CEO Raymond Oruo who spoke on behalf of his colleagues.Shaban Kenga confirmed as Bandari Youth head coachWith the 2022-2023 season set to kick off almost four months late, the CEOs consented for the competition to run during the World Cup period so as to complete within schedule and avoid fixture pile up.The 2020 FIFA World Cup is set to be held in Qatar between November 20 and December 18, a period that will see most of the leagues proceed on a break.“ We are starting the league late ad given the CAF deadline and the need to catch, we shall continue playing the league during the World Cup period,” he added.
