FKF Premier League champions Gor Mahia have been locked out of the preliminary stages of the 2023-24 CAF Champions League, a CAF CL list on engaged teams published by the Confederation of African Football indicated on Sunday.The revelation comes days after the club had their CAF Men’s Club Licensing Certificate revoked through the FKF, by First Instance Body, for having acted in breach of Article 60 of the CAF Men’s Club Licensing Regulation, which the CAF body initially flagged on.No Kenyan team in the list of teams engaged for the 2023/24 CAF Champions League ahead of the draw next week.Gor Mahia’s license was revoked earlier this week.#FootballKe pic.twitter.com/9bnfwuKUMT— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) July 23, 2023 As per the rules laid out, Gor Mahia – to secure a place in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League – had to prove that it had no overdue payables towards its current and former employees as at May 31.However, as at the set Thursday 19 July deadline set for the club to have fully settled or mutually deferred payables in readiness for the CAF Champions League draw, K’Ogalo hadn’t processed the payments to three former players namely; Congolese striker Yangayay Sando Sando, Burundian attacker Jules Ulimwengu, and Malian goalkeeper Adama Keita, who had reached out to CAF due to breach of payment agreements and overdue payables.##NAJAVA_MECA_7383159##The final straw by CAF now points to the fact that Gor Mahia will not be in the tournament’s preliminary stages draw which will be conducted on Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo.No Kenyan club will be present, dispelling the rumors that Tusker would have bagged the opportunity having finished as league runners-up.54 clubs from 42 Member Associations are engaged in this season’s TotalEnergies CAF Champions League, while 52 clubs representing 41 Member Associations will compete in the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup.London DL: Magnificent Chepkoech triumphs as Chebet is outdone by TsegayIn the list of engaged teams for the CAF Confederation Cup however, Kenyan representatives Kakamega Homeboyz – who won the 2022-23 Mozzart Bet Cup – have been included as the country’s sole representatives.Homeboyz, alongside Tusker and Gor Mahia, had last month been handed the FIB Club Licensing Certificates in readiness for the continent’s second tier competition.The draw for the 2023/24 season of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup preliminary stages on Tuesday will signal kick-off of this year’s club competition continental football.
