Zoo FC head coach Herman Iswekha has pinpointed some of the major challenges faced by club’s plying their trade in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Division One League ever since their expulsion to the country’s third tier.The Kericho based side were dropped from the top flight FKF Premier League to the third division back in 2022 after world football governing body FIFA found the team culpable of match fixing allegations.Another massive win at Kericho Green Stadium! Unto the next🟡 Zoo 4-0 ⚫️ Muhoroni [FT] #fcukzoo #magicalkericho #fkfdiv1 pic.twitter.com/6fHzyuS1rT— Zoo FC (@zoofootballclub) January 29, 2023 In a letter dated 21 June 2022, addressed to chairman Ken Ochieng, FIFA confirmed that the team should be moved down to the Division One league.“In particular, the order of relegation of the first team of Zoo FC to the FKF Division One for the next season, shall be implemented prior to the start of the season 2022/2023,” stated part of the letter signed by Anin Yeboah, Deputy Chairperson of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.##NAJAVA_MECA_7014740##Since the decision, the team have slowly gone about their campaign where they made an impressive start – posting five wins in the opening seven matches and losing the remaining two – results that have them sitting in second place on the log two points behind Green Commandos (17 points) who have played a game extra.Speaking to Mozzart Sport, the head coach opened up on the major challenges teams keep facing as they try to honour their fixtures.Harambee Stars to play Burundi in March after over one year absence on the international scene“The playing grounds are the big problem in the league ever since we started our campaign. Another thing is that there is no money for essentials needed in the game. Teams are struggling to pay for the ambulance and for the match officials.One of our matches against Kisumu Hotstars had to be postponed from 10am to 1 pm due to lack of an ambulance. Again, when we were playing against Kamungei United, the half time break lasted over 45 minutes because the officials refused to come back because they had not been paid and there was also no ambulance at the venue,” the coach revealed.Ex Harambee Stars striker Boniface Ambani lands government job after inclusion in Sports CommitteeDespite cases of alleged match fixing in the lower leagues, the coach, who said securing a sponsor would ail the problems befalling the teams, had a rare moment in praising the officials for doing their duty perfectly stating he had not yet encountered any monkey business.”The officials have done a commendable job so far since we started playing here. I have not seen anything suspicious even when we go for our away matches. Upto this point, so far so good,” he noted.
