Shimanyula slams FKF boss Mwendwa for ‘failing football’

Kakamega Homeboyz Chairman Cleophas ‘Toto’ Shimanyula says Nick Mwendwa failed the country’s football and its stakeholders and regretted why he was allowed to run the Kenyan game for so long.

Mwendwa was arrested on Friday last week, days after Sports Minister Amina Mohamed created a Caretaker Committee to run the Football Kenya Federation (FKF).

The committee’s reign is expected to last six months after which elections to vote in a new FKF administration will be conducted and Shimanyula believes that leadership change is much needed.

“According to me I think elections will help us get better leaders who understand what football is all about in this country.

“I want to congratulate the formation of a caretaker committee after disbanding FKF because Mwendwa has let us down. Amina has made brave and commendable decision,” Shimanyula said.

Shimanyula has also added that under the Mwendwa regime, everything has been going wrong citing that even the referees have been suffering without saying a word.

“I saw this very long time ago in 2017 and I have been discussing it with my counterparts from other teams but unfortunately they seemed not to understand me.

“Some of them have been siding with Mwendwa and now you can see how thick things are,” Shimanyula said, adding that, “even the referees have been silently suffering for going more than six months without their allowances and they fear disclosing the issue for a possibility of losing their jobs.”

The Homeboyz boss is the latest chairman to castigate Mwendwa over his leadership, joining Gor Mahia FC’s Ambrose Rachier and AFC Leopards’ Dan Shikanda.