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Kenyan Premier League Limited is a ‘poultry firm’, FKF claims


Football Kenya Federation has dismissed the Kenyan Premier League Limited as a company registered under law to among other things – produce dairy and poultry – but not manage football activities.

The interesting revelations are contained in a replying affidavit by FKF to the Sports and Disputes Tribunal.

FKF and KPL are engaged in a murky tussle over the control and management of the country’s top flight football competition, a venture estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of shillings each year.

FKF’s response follows an injunction filed by the KPL at the John Ohaga led conflict resolution body in October 2016.

The FKFs affidavit seen by Nairobi News, typically discredits KPL’s involvement in critical decision makings of football.

“It is deducible therefrom that the objects of the petitioner (read KPL) are predominantly the hire, manufacture, sale and repairs of automobiles, telephones, etc and the raring of dairy, poultry, etc,” the 20 page affidavit reads in part.

FKF wants the number of teams featuring in the SportPesa Premier League next season increased by two to 18 next year.

KPL through its CEO Jack Oguda, has however maintained that the relegation and modalities of promoting/relegating teams should be restricted to a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two teams last year.

FKF has also scrutinized the ownership and structure of the KPL in its affidavit sworn by its president Nick Mwendwa, and argued that the company has no right to manage sports activities at the moment considering it hasn’t conformed to the Sports Act.

The Sports Disputes Tribunal is expected to commence a hearing on the matter on November 14.