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Kenya football is stuck in a quagmire as KPL and FKF battle it out to
\ndetermine which body will run football in Kenya. Essentially, the top clubs
\nin Kenya are battling for the right to run their own league.<\/p>\n
Many of the media reports appear to be equating the two bodies and accusing them of wrangling.<\/p>\n
As of March 5, 2015, it appears that the FKF is winning as they were able to
\nsomehow manage to get a court order to halt the Kenya Premier League. This
\ndespite the fact that going to court contravenes FIFA statutes.<\/p>\n
The media is doing a huge disservice to the sport of football by equating
\nKPL clubs with the FKF. Some media outlets are even saying that the two
\nsides are fighting over sponsorship money. This is very far from the truth.
\nIn reality it is FKF led by Sam Nyamweya and Robert Asembo who are eager to get their grubby hands on the money.<\/p>\n
About half of the FKF teams are corporate teams which pour more money into football than they get back.<\/p>\n
Community teams like Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards are keen to stay in KPL
\nbecause it is stable, well run and guarantees television revenue and
\nsponsorship revenue, something that the FKF league does not have.<\/p>\n
Others like Mathare United and Sofapaka have owners like Elly Kalekwa and
\nBob Munro who own their teams wholesale and have sunk their own hard earned
\nmoney into their respective teams, So if they do earn a profit, which is
\nrarely the case, they deserve to keep it.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Nyamweya, Asembo and FKF have contributed nothing to football but cannnot wait to get their grubby hands on sponsorship money. Of all the
\nsupposedly warring parties, Nyamweya and FKF are the ones who clearly have ill motives. Most of the KPL chairmen are not fighting to gain financially.<\/p>\n
The Kenya Premier League has been running smoothly since the clubs took over running it in 2003. It is not perfect but it creates a measure of stability
\nthat enables clubs to thrive. This element of stability was completely
\nmissing when the federation ran the league 10 years ago. And this was
\nprecisely why in 2003, FIFA proposed that the top league be run by the
\nclubs.<\/p>\n
The report generated by the Germany based FIFA consultant Nieman stated that among other things:<\/p>\n
Now lets look at the other facts:<\/p>\n
Nyamweya and Asembo now have their eyes on the sponsorship money and broadcasting money that is generated by the Kenya Premier League.<\/p>\n
And nothing Nyamweya touches succeeds. He has no record of
\nsuccess at anything. There have been virtually no positive developments in Kenya football since he took over. One of the few positive aspects of Kenya football over the last 10 years is the Kenya Premier League. And now Nyamweya and his ilk want to ruin that as well.<\/p>\n
The only thing that Nyamweya and the increasingly arrogant Asembo have on their side are technicalities which are basically rules that FIFA and CAF have put in place to keep corrupt officials in office.<\/p>\n
The media is doing football a disservice by equating KPL andf FKF.\u00a0 This moral relativism is what causes judges like Msagha Mbogholi to ban KPL. There is no law in Kenya that bans clubs from running their own league. In the absence of such a law, the high court should be making rules based on what is good for the country as a whole. And it is better for Kenya, the youth and fans if KPL is allowed to run the league.<\/p>\n
The point of this article is not to say that KPL is a well run organization where everything is above board. The point is that the Kenya Premier League will be better off if run by the top clubs and not by Sam Nyamweya and Robert Asembo.<\/p>\n
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