This archive report was first published on 19 October 2019.
On Saturday, Chemelil Sugar became the second team to give a walkover in the Kenyan Premier League this season, following Sony Sugar's no-show in their away fixture against Tusker earlier in Machakos.
Chemelil Sugar's failure to turn up for their Round Six match against Bandari at Mbaraki Sports Club has left the team on the brink of relegation, should they forfeit another league match.
Centre referee Felix Ekai waited for the visitors at Mbaraki for 30 minutes before awarding Bandari the game on a 2-0 basis.
Bandari coach Bernard Mwalala expressed his disappointment at not being able to earn the three points through a win, saying, “We know we’ll get the three points but we wanted to beat Chemelil in the field not being awarded the match as a walkover,”
Mwalala appealed to the government, Football Kenya Federation, and KPL to urgently meet and sort out the financial crisis in the top tier, stating, “Stakeholders including the government, FKF and KPL should come together to deliberate on ways of sorting out financial problems which have forced some teams not to honour their away matches,”
