FIFA, through the General Secretary Madam Fatma Samoura, has expressed support for the Football Kenya Federation, (FKF) quest to build a technical center. Samoura made a brief stopover in Nairobi, after attending the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kagali, Rwanda which concluded with the re-election of Gianni Infantino as the president of FIFA for another four-year term on Thursday. Ex-FIFA assistant referee Aden Marwa opens up on match-fixing ban, slams Anas Aremeyaw AnasWhile in the country, the Senegalese met with the Sports and Arts Principal Secretary Jonathan Mueke before proceeding to Kandanda House, Kasarani for a brief tour and before holding a meeting with the FKF honchos.”She has always wanted to see where we operate from. The last time she was in Kenya, she couldn’t find time to visit us at Kandanda House,” the FKF acting president Doris Petra told Mozzart Sport. “She was concerned that the FKF does not have a technical center and promised FIFA support towards building one,” she added.FIFA stopped disbursing development money, under the FIFA Forward program, since the federation lost money in the process of procuring an OB Van. Cheche challenges football stakeholders to improve sports infrastructureWhile countries like Rwanda and Tanzania has continued to enjoy development funding from Zurich and have set up technical centers, Kenya has continued to lag behind. “Building a technical center has always been in our plans, but since FIFA stopped funding development projects in the country, it has not been possible to start the project.”We also have a problem of inadequate land to build the center and we have been engaging the government for assistance if we can get more land,” she offered.While meeting the PS, Samoura reportedly raised the issue of lack of standard sporting infrastructure in the country.##NAJAVA_MECA_7114842##She also deliberated on how the government can work with FIFA in implementing the ongoing Sports for School program.”While in Rwanda, FIFA told us about an arrangement they’ve entered with a bank for infrastructure funding for countries that do not have money to build facilities such as stadiums,” Petra said.Kenya’s two main stadiums; Nyayo and Kasarani are currently banned and cannot host CAF or FIFA games.
