How tragic that the biggest club football in the country involving arch rivals AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia will not be on TV or streamed live online?That’s the sad reality fans will have to grapple with ahead of the Mashemeji Derby set for Sunday at Nyayo Stadium.Probed why this is the case, AFC Leopards chairman Dan Shikanda pointed fingers at the Football Kenya Federation (FKF).Players to watch out for in the Mashemeji DerbyIngwe are the home team and are expected to make some of the arrangements of the day, including, but not limited to ensuring that the game’s media rights are exploited.”We’re having a serious problem with the federation, they want to interfere with everything, and it’s becoming very difficult for us,” Shikanda told Mozzart Sport. “They denied us a chance to stream live the match against Police FC. We were to meet and discuss this match (Mashemeji Derby) and why we didn’t stream the Police match live, but they just canceled the meeting at the last minute,” he said.Everything you need to know ahead of the 92nd Mashemeji DerbyThe FKF through Ken Okaka, the Media and Communications Officer, has denied the Leopards’ assertions.”We told Leopards, even today during pre-match, that they’re free to stream the match so long it is not for commercial purposes,” he said.##NAJAVA_MECA_6978710##FKF allows live streams for the purposes of public interest only and not commercialization.Yet, according to a close source, the failure by Leopards to make arrangements to have the match either on TV or on online live stream is due to internal squabbles.The #MashemejiDerby is here!📍 Nyayo Stadium⌚ 3 pm EAT🎟 300 Regular / 1000 VIP#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/8yaS0kONN7— FKF Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) January 29, 2023 “We had plans to jointly work with Leopards as the home team to produce the match and share feed, but it appears the club’s media team is having issues with the management,” the source anonymously said.Leopards have faced off 91 times in the past. In the past 91 meetings between the two giants, Gor Mahia boasts 31 wins against Leopards’ 27. 33 of the encounters have ended in a draw.
