This archive report was first published on 29 October 2019.
Published on October 29, 2019, FKF President Nick Mwendwa has accused Sports Principal Secretary Kirimi Kaberia of refusing to fund national teams competing in international assignments.
Mwendwa made the allegations while addressing the media at a Nairobi hotel, claiming that Kaberia had consistently refused to respond to official requests to fund the Harambee Starlets for the past year.
According to Mwendwa, Kaberia had also refused to release funds to support the Harambee Stars since the team participated at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt in July.
“The President told me to my face that we now have a (Sports) Fund that will take care of all national teams. But the PS has refused to fund these teams. I don’t know what his problem is with football,” said Mwendwa.
As a result of Kaberia's alleged refusal to fund the teams, Mwendwa has been forced to cancel training for the Starlets ahead of next week’s 2020 Olympics qualifier against Zambia in Nairobi and Lusaka.
Additionally, Mwendwa confirmed that should the scenario not change, Harambee Stars will not be in a position to honour the 2021 Africa Nations Cup qualification matches against Togo and Egypt in Nairobi and Cairo respectively, later this month.
