Beneath the official curtain of committee meetings and press statements, a slow-burning storm of allegations is gathering around Cricket Kenya, and the picture emerging from whistleblowers within the organization is one of systemic dysfunction, opaque deals, and conduct that amounts to a profound betrayal of the sport’s governance and public trust.
Insiders describe an operational environment where decision-making channels have been hollowed out by resignations, legal entanglements, and unilateral moves that have left the entity vulnerable to external actors who, by all appearances, have exploited gaps in oversight to pursue self-serving arrangements that siphon resources and compromise the integrity of competition.
The tone of those internal messages conveys exhaustion, with staff and affiliates who once sought to build pathways for players and communities now speaking of clandestine memoranda, questionable commercial partners, and a pattern of transactions that point toward organized capture rather than responsible stewardship.
In response to this torrent of internal reports, a formal communication was sent to the sport’s global body, the International Cricket Council, framed as a call for urgent intervention and forensic review.
The correspondence lays out a sequence of matters that demand forensic attention, from a sponsorship and tournament partnership with a newly registered Dubai company to a web of personal associations that raise red flags around match manipulation and financial impropriety.
That letter functions as a more structured ledger of the grievances that had been circulated informally within the organization, and its existence confirms that the problem has moved from whispered complaints to an appeal for external accountability at the highest level of cricket governance.
At the heart of the complaint is a commercial tie-up with a Dubai-based entity registered earlier in 2025, a venture whose public trail is thin and whose financial backers and operational competence remain opaque to stakeholders in Kenya.
Insiders argue that this partnership was advanced without the customary board deliberations and that it bears the imprint of a single representative’s endorsement rather than the collective mandate of a functioning governance body.
Compounding grievances about that arrangement is a nexus between the foreign company and Vijay Barate, a figure previously flagged by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for match-fixing, who entered into a memorandum of understanding with a Cricket Kenya official.
These connections, when juxtaposed with the local context of a weakened board and contested officer appointments, create fertile ground for manipulative arrangements that benefit a few at the expense of the many and expose the sport to ongoing influence from bookmakers.
The governance void at Cricket Kenya is described in blunt terms as a situation in which the elected leadership has been depleted through resignations and suspensions, contested appointments are operating in a legal grey zone, and essential fiduciary roles have been assumed on a provisional basis by actors whose authority remains subject to ongoing litigation.
This structural fragility, whistleblowers insist, has been exploited to advance memoranda of understanding that lack transparency, to channel funds to opaque recipients, and to permit external agents to operate within Kenyan cricket with an accountability gap that should not exist in any healthy sporting federation.
There are also allegations of involvement by state sports officials, positioned through a Harmonization Committee, introducing a further layer of complication, with insiders reporting that more than one hundred and twenty million Kenyan shillings has been diverted through arrangements facilitated by the Director of Sports, Mr. Indakwa, who is described as central to the ongoing mismanagement.
Compounding the financial allegations are accusations that the organization has entered into contractual relationships with persons whose past conduct has been the subject of disciplinary or criminal inquiry abroad, and that those relationships are being used to provide cover for betting networks and bookmaking interests that have historically targeted vulnerable fixtures for manipulation.
Whistleblowers describe a network of officials, some previously flagged for corruption, coordinating with domestic leaders to advance opaque agreements and extract resources from the organization.
Sources describe a pattern in which informal matches, talent selection promises, and commercial promises become the vectors through which corrupt influence is exerted on players and match outcomes, with young athletes presented as commodities by intermediaries who trade on the sport’s developmental ambitions.
The letter to the global body frames this as a threat not only to on-field integrity but to the maturation of Kenyan cricket’s talent pipeline, which risks being hollowed out if confidence in selection and competition fairness evaporates.
Beyond financial and match integrity issues, the dossier sent by insiders reports that serious cases of sexual misconduct, including sodomy, have been downplayed or swept aside, leaving victims without redress and perpetuating a culture in which reputational damage is managed quietly rather than confronted openly.
For any sporting body, the combination of financial misdirection, external meddling, and an internal culture of silence around abuse forms a corrosive mix that will not only damage institutional legitimacy but will also deter parents, sponsors, and community stakeholders from supporting the sport at grassroots levels.
The formal plea to the international governing body, therefore, sets out several immediate expectations from those who submitted the communication.
These include verification of the foreign partner’s credentials and any sanctioning status for proposed competitions, an assessment of whether domestic governance arrangements meet the thresholds required for independent decision-making, and, where appropriate, the activation of investigative and remedial mechanisms that can restore transparent management, protect players, and stabilize funding flows.
The letter frames these requests as necessary steps to safeguard the sport’s future in the country and to prevent further erosion of public confidence.
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Open in new tab The unfolding situation places the spotlight on governance standards within Kenyan cricket and will test whether both domestic administrators and international authorities are prepared to respond transparently and decisively to safeguard the sport’s credibility.
This report is grounded in materials provided by insiders and represents a synthesis of the allegations they have placed before both domestic stakeholders and the international body.
What follows from here depends on rigorous inquiry, legal clarity, and the willingness of those charged with stewardship, national and international, to act decisively so that Kenyan cricket can be returned to a path where talent is nurtured, competitions are fair, and resources serve the sport rather than private interests.
We will keep tracking every development surrounding the leadership turmoil, financial misappropriation orchestrated by officials including Mr. Indakwa and the MOU network, and potential interventions by the International Cricket Council, providing detailed coverage and in-depth analysis to hold those in charge accountable and keep the public fully informed as the story unfolds.
