The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has suffered a setback after the High Court in Nairobi extended the period stopping the National Executive Committee (NEC) from conducting the federation’s activities, including executing a general meeting.This includes the Annual General Meeting (AGM) or Special General Meeting, which are core to the much-anticipated federation elections.The high court order contains a notice that any disobedience or non-observance of the order will result in penal consequences.##GEOTARGET_BANNER_8242095##The order, issued by Lady Justice Janet Mulwa, remains in force until Monday 7 October.“Application dated 26/7/2024 has been considered. Let it be served and parties attend court for hearing inter partes on 7/10/2024,” reads the order.“In the interim, the respondents are hereby prohibited from calling any AGM of the federation or doing any act on behalf of the federation as prayed for in the motion pending hearing of the application,” the dispatch continued.Kenya Police goalie lauds exposure gained in Loss to VipersThe development comes only two days after FKF President Nick Mwendwa said that all the court cases against the federation had been terminated.Mwendwa, in his address during the FKF award gala, said that the court cases that had been barring the election process are out of the picture and that interested parties should get ready for contention.“We were prevented from doing our AGM, from setting up the mechanism to conduct elections by fellows who went to court but now (we hope) it will have been revoked,” Mwendwa told the media.“Now, we will have our AGM in place, in days in fact, and once we do, we will set off the mechanisms for elections with this organization. That is why I said most likely in December, most likely in January, but the process will start soon in earnest.”FKF was due to hold its AGM on March 16, only for the meeting to be halted by a court order, a situation that was preceded by a war of words and threats on whether Murang’a Seal vice chairman Hussein Mohammed should attend or not, .Reprieve for NSL teams as FKF extends Club Licensing deadline and reduce requirementsThe court granted a stay order in the case challenging the legality of FKF after sports journalist Milton Nyakundi argued that NEC was illegally in office.Ahead of the October ruling, all eyes will be on the courts and FKF to see how they navigate these challenging times for Kenyan football.
