Once again, Kenyan football is back in the corridors of justice as the Sports Disputes Tribunal has put on hold the decision by the Football Kenya Federation Transition Committee to declare APS Bomet and Fortune Sacco the 2021-2022 National Super League champion and runner up respectively.Murang’a Seal, who finished third in the competition, moved to the Tribunal seeking to have the move by the Transition Committee to declare the two teams as the champion and runner up respectively stayed pending the hearing and determination of the petition.##NAJAVA_MECA_6615623##APS Bomet and Fortune Sacco gained automatic promotion to the top tier by virtue of sealing the two top spots in the second tier.Caretaker Committee had no powers to bypass FKF Judicial bodies, SDT rulesSeal had a chance to join the two teams in the top league but lost the promotion/relegation playoff to Wazito on goal difference grounds as the two-legged encounter ended 4-4 on aggregate.“Pending hearing and determination of the application, there be and is hereby issued an order staying the declaration of the 1st Interested Party (APS Bomet) as the champions and the 2nd Interested Party as 1st Runners up (Fortune Sacco) of the 2021/2022 National Super League respectively by the 3rd Respondent,” read part of the ruling from the Tribunal.Apart from seeking to have the decision to declare Bomet and Fortune as the best two teams in the Super League quashed, Seal presented a number of prayers before the Tribunal.Injera returns to the Shujaa team ahead of the Sevens World CupThe club wants the Ministry of Sports Culture and Heritage who are listed as the first respondent, the FKF Caretaker, and the Transition Committees who are the second and third respondents respectively barred from including teams that participated in the second tier in the past season in the top-flight fixtures.“Pending hearing and determination of prayers 4 and 5 of the application, there be and is hereby issued a temporary injunction restraining the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Respondents jointly and severally, either by themselves, their servants, appointees and/or agents from running any 2022/2023 Kenyan Premier League fixtures/games involving any team from the 2021/2022 National Super League season,” read prayer number four by the petitioner.
