Alila rallies parliament to enact laws to curb match-fixing

Former FKF presidential aspirant Tom Alila has challenged the National Parliament to expedite the enactment of laws that will help arrest match-fixing.

Alila’s calls come a few days after FIFA ordered Muhoroni Youths FC to be relegated from the NSL to the FKF Division One League after being found guilty of match-fixing.

“There is a problem with this match-fixing thing in the country. The biggest problem is that there is no law that can be used to fight the vice.

The parliament needs to work on this as soon as possible. There is a big problem, and we should admit it.

There is no act that defines how we can fight this problem. Everybody is crying out about those who are being alleged to be involved in match-fixing”, Alila said.

According to Alila, match-fixing has become a threat to the fair game, which infringes on the justice of football fans on the pitch.

“It’s a big problem in football as we speak. The Football Kenya Federation should come out strong to push our members of parliament to come up with something that our courts can use to punish the culprits of match-fixing.

The Sports ministry should carry this as a burden on its shoulders until we get the through pass to help law enforcers and our courts handle these cases of match-fixing.

FKF also suspended Kakamega Homeboyz goalkeeper Patrick Matasi for 90 days in March over match-fixing claims to pave the way for investigations.

Since Kenya gained independence in 1963, no single law has been enacted to deal with match-fixing vice, which seems to be spreading like bush fire.