This archive report was first published on 13 May 2020.
On May 13, 2020, the Sports Dispute Tribunal (SDT) Chairman John Ohaga overturned the decision by Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa to declare Gor Mahia champions until the case presented before it by Adagala and KPL is heard and determined.
FKF President Nick Mwendwa had declared Gor Mahia the 2019/20 champions on April 30, 2020, via his Twitter account, and presented K’Ogalo’s name to the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Kenyan Premier League (KPL), which suspended the league indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in early March, opposed the declaration insisting the law was not followed and wrote to CAF over the issue.
Moses Adagala, Muhoroni Youth Chairman, says all clubs, and not just Chemelil Sugar and KPL, should step forward and seek to have FKF’s declaration overruled.
“I laud the SDT decision and I am praying that we win the case because I stand for the truth. Even other clubs who were aggrieved by the decision to prematurely end the league should not fear seeking to be enjoined in this case because we are fighting for the benefit of Kenyan football. This is not Adagala’s fight but a war against impunity,” he said.
Adagala further accused Mwendwa of making decisions without involving other stakeholders.
“Mwendwa had no capacity to decide the fate of the league because even the SDT had in its earlier ruling disbanded the federation National Executive Committee. We hope this will be the end of making decision to seek for political influence,” added Adagala.
