This archive report was first published on 11 November 2019.
Published on November 11, 2019, FKF president Nick Mwendwa has denied being responsible for SuperSport's exit from the Kenyan football market.
The South African-owned Pay-TV channel pulled out of broadcasting Kenyan Premier League matches in 2017, a move that was reportedly worth hundreds of millions of shillings annually.
According to Mwendwa, SuperSport's decision to leave Kenya was driven by a desire to focus on other markets and save money to acquire the rights to broadcast the English Premier League, which was expensive at the time.
‘I did not chase away SuperSport. We know SuperSport also left other markets like Nigeria and Angola. They needed to save money so as to buy the rights for the English Premier League which were very expensive at the time,’ Mwendwa explained in an interview on Citizen TV.
The Kenyan Premier League is still searching for a new broadcaster to replace SuperSport, with an arrangement in place with Spain-based Media Pro to produce and sell league matches.
