The world football governing body, FIFA, has suspended Kenya from any football competitions and issued fresh demands to the government.
In a press briefing held Thursday, February 24 evening, FIFA stated that the Kenyan government must meet several demands if the ban is to be lifted and football activities allowed to resume.
FIFA asked the government to repeal its decision to disband Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the creation of a caretaker committee. Failure to repeal this decision, all football activities in the country will remain suspended indefinitely.
The football body, through a letter to FKF Secretary General, Barry Otieno, instructed the government to overturn the decision to install a caretaker committee to run football activities in the country on an interim basis.
The indefinite suspension will only be lifted after FKF officials led by Vice President Doris Petra and Chief Executive Officer Barry Otieno are reinstated.
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, while suspending all activities stated that the FKF committee was constituted and installed in an illegitimate way.
“Without prejudice to any investigations by national authorities or other judicial bodies, the FIFA Council also decided to suspend the Football Kenya Federation and the Zimbabwe Football Association with immediate effect due to undue interference by a third party,” Infantino announced.
On November 11, 2021 Sports Cabinet Secretary, Amina Mohamed, disbanded FKF which was under the leadership of Nick Mwendwa and replaced it with a caretaker committee to run football activities in the country on an interim basis.
The suspension will cripple all soccer activities in the country. This means kenya will not participate in any event outside the country including regional (CECAFA), continental (AFCON, CHAN), international competitions (World Cup), and even at club level (CAF CC, CAF CL).