In what looks like a new strategy to unlock the premier league’s expansion impasse, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has urgently convened a meeting with the Kenyan Premier League club chairmen Saturday 11.
This comes hot on the heels of a failed Joint Executive Committee (JEC) meeting Wednesday 8, in which KPL management did not attend.
“The move has been necessitated by the two failed JEC meetings, with KPL stating that they have been unable to attend the same due to one of their members being indisposed, this despite the FKF/KPL MOU clearly stipulating that two members from each side can form a quorum and deliberate on emerging issues,” a statement from FKF states.
The elephant in the house, the relegation of Sofapaka and Muhoroni Youth for failure to attain the CAF Club Licensing minimums will feature prominently in the deliberations.
“In light of the aforementioned, FKF President Nick Mwendwa in consultation with the FKF NEC members has resolved to meet all 2017 KPL Chairmen, in a bid to amicably resolve the top tier league’s composition, brought about by the failure of Sofapaka and Muhoroni Youth to meet the 2017 Club Licensing Criteria, which subsequently led to the two being disqualified from the KPL and as a result being relegated to the second tier league.”
Meanwhile, KPL 2017 season kick-off, which was scheduled for this weekend, has been frozen till after Monday’s JEC meeting.
