Court stops FKF AGM, throws October elections to uncertainty

Football Kenya Federation’s (FKF) Annual General Meeting (AGM) that was set for Saturday has been cancelled, following a court order obtained by sports journalist Milton Nyakundi.

The Mombasa High Court gave the order, suspending the AGM until the hearing of the petition whose date is set for Monday next week is heard.

FKF Communications Director Ken Okaka confirmed the cancellation, saying the federation had been served with the order.

“We are a law abiding institution and therefore the court order has to be respected,” he told Citizen Digital, without elucidating on further details.

It is understood that all was set for the AGM, and all the delegates were already in Nairobi ahead of the event.

Due to the contentious elections agenda which was part of the AGM, signs of mouting pressure started manifesting earlier this week when FKF differed with Murang’a SEAL on presidential aspirant Hussein Mohammed’s eligibility to represent the club in the meeting.

FKF said the Extreme Sports CEO Mohammed is not a member of SEAL, hence ineligible to attend but the club through founder Robert Macharia insisted he is their member and would attend the AGM.

Tension was heightened Friday morning when 76 delegates of FKF threatened to kick out Mohammed from the AGM if he was to attend the now cancelled AGM, underlining it was an affair of the genuine members only.

Later Friday evening, Eastern NEC member Muriithi Nabea and his North Eastern counterpart Dabar Mohammed also held a press briefing accusing FKF of “running football as a private entity,” invisting the government to intervene.

It was during the presser, just minutes to close of business that the court order came to the public domain, ending the roller coaster series of events with an anti-climax for the delegates who were set for the meeting at KISE – Kasarani in Nairobi.

The AGM is mandatory to pave way for the elections, as it is in it that members ratify the electoral code among other key issues related to the elections.