Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa has been criticized by Sam Nywamweya for his actions which apparently caused the Kenyan League to lose its South African sponsor Supersport.
In 2017, the FKF decided to add two more teams to the league , a decision which was later backed by the Sports Disputes Tribunal (SDT) which then led Supersport to cancel their agreement with the FKF to air the Kenyan Premier League.
“His [Mwendwa’s] acts made SuperSport TV run and that is his biggest sin. SuperSport ran away because FKF forced KPL to have 18 teams and not 16,” Nyamweya told Radio Jambo.
“After they had their way, FKF promised to give KPL financial support, in front of the SDT, for having 18 teams in the league. They never did that.
“Economically, it was not possible for KPL to have 18 teams and this is the reason we lost them.”
The opportunity to host the CHAN 2018 was also stripped from Kenya after they were deemed unprepared.
“Failure to host Chan is another biggest failure. Despite stating there were pitches ready for the tournament, that was not the case eventually as it emerged,” added the former president.
“Lack of accountability and transparency on government, Fifa and Caf funds is another big issue with the current FKF,” added the aspirant.
“The former Permanent Secretary Peter Kaberia and the Sports Cabinet Secretary have questioned their use of funds before
“If you get such a huge amount of money and you are not accountable, that becomes a big problem.
“Caf has been sending money but unfortunately the same cannot be accounted for. During my time, we only got USD 250,000 per year and the government financial support was meagre, to say the least.
“I can remember before our game against Cape Verde [a World Cup qualifier in 2015], we got money from the government on Friday when the team was to travel on Saturday. How would you purchase air tickets and prepare in such circumstances?
“Recently, the government gave the federation KSh244 million something that was never enjoyed during the previous administrations.
