Probe reveals illegalities in hiring, renumaration at FKF

The report by FKF inspection committee has revealed the unprocedural hiring and disparity in pay of employees at the federation.The audit that was initiated by the Sports Cabinet Secretary (CS) Amina Mohammed and carried out by Sports Registrar Rose Wasike resulted in the dissolution of FKF and a caretaker team formed to run the federation’s activities for the next six months after which elections will be conducted to elect a new office to run football in the country.How Carol Radull missed FKF Caretaker Committee appointmentBeleaguered FKF Chief Nick Mwendwa is currently behind bars after the audit revealed misappropriation of federation funds and will be arraigned in court on Monday. According to the report, over half a billion Kenya shillings could not be accounted for and the football honcho and a number of federation officials and staff could be charged in the coming weeks.Ksh.550 million allocated to Football Kenya Federation (FKF) was looted and Ksh. 8.5 million transferred to Nick Mwendwa’s personal account, a special probe report reveals.— BRAVIN YURI (@BravinYuri) November 13, 2021 The report has further disclosed disparity in pay for employees performing despite having the same set of skills.“The committee scrutinized FKF employment contracts availed. However, there was notable disparity, as revealed in regard to payment of employees performing the same functions with similar skills,” read the report in part touching of employment contracts.##NAJAVA_MECA_5977485##The investigators further raised a red flag on the procedures of hiring at the federation. They accuse the federation of not being an equal opportunity employer as they failed to advertise the positions currently being occupied by their staff. The federation has 52 employees on its payroll at the moment.“Further there was no indication of FKF being an equal opportunity employer for all as positions filled by the employees were not advertised thus not competitively filled as required by section five of the employment act no. 11 of 2017 and International Labor Convention no. 111 on equal pay for work of equal value and convention 100 and discrimination,” the letter continued.Officers from the Director of Criminal Investigations and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) have now taken charge of the probing.

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