With over two months since the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) was scheduled to commence, Gor Mahia defender Dennis Ng’ang’a has claimed that footballers are at risk of falling out of love with the game.The league was slated to start on Saturday 27 August but the FKF Transition Committee pushed the kick off dates on four separate occasions before postponing it indefinitely.Ababu Namwamba pledges to help solve FIFA suspension on day one in officeNg’ang’a revealed that the uncertainty of leagues kicking off is one of the major challenges facing footballers currently which could have serious ramifications.“One of the biggest challenges we are facing as players is the uncertainty of when our football league is going to kick off. We have been in pre-season for the last 10 weeks something that is unheard of in the modern era of the beautiful game. We need a competition to thrive in.##NAJAVA_MECA_6746823##The longer this impasse goes on the easier it will be for players to be disoriented or fall out of love with the game.This goes without mention that we need a strong KEFWA that champions the rights of players and work in conjunction with the govt of the day when needed and FIFA,” read a post from Ng’ang’a.Outgoing Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed back in November disbanded FKF over misappropriation of public funds and installed an FKF Caretaker Committee which was replaced by the Transition Committee.Nick Mwendwa announces return of football in ‘one month’Clubs vowed not to take part in an unsanctioned FIFA league prompting the Transition Committee to postpone the league kick off.FKFPL club CEOs recently met and hinted at a possible return of the league in mid-November with FKF President Nick Mwendwa also noting that once the proposed Sports CS Ababu Namwamba is sworn in, the FIFA Suspension will be lifted.
