Former FA CEO warns FKF wrangles could cost Kenya AFCON 2027 hosting rights
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At the heart of the storm is a Ksh42 million insurance deal tied to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2025 tournament, with allegations that the funds were paid to a newly registered company
Former FKF CEO and AFCON 2027 Local Organising Committee (LOC) member Lordvick Aduda has waded into the escalating leadership crisis at Kandanda House.
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The learned sports administrator cautioned that the ongoing power struggle could derail Kenya’s ambitions of hosting the continental showpiece.
Speaking during a television interview on Monday, 27 April, Aduda dissected the legal implications surrounding the National Executive Committee’s (NEC) decision to suspend FKF President Hussein Mohammed and install his deputy McDonald Mariga as acting president.
At the heart of the storm is a Ksh42 million insurance deal tied to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2025 tournament, with allegations that the funds were paid to a newly registered company.
Aduda insisted the suspended president must confront the matter head-on.
“The president should have clearly come out and addressed the allegations that the said insurance company was paid. Based on what appears in the media, which needs corroboration, I am reliably informed that an equivalent of Ksh42 million was paid to them,” Aduda stated.
But beyond the figures and paperwork, Aduda sees a federation losing focus at a critical moment.
With Kenya set to co-host the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2027 alongside Uganda and Tanzania, he warned that internal supremacy battles risk overshadowing national priorities.
“We have a serious crisis with only months to go before hosting AFCON, and there is no point in the president and NEC trying to outdo one another. Questions linger on how the LOC will function if the president and the federation are run this way,” he cautioned.
In a bid to cut through the noise, he has called for a forensic audit to establish whether the alleged transaction took place.
“To bring the whole story to a conclusion, we need to find out from the bank if the transaction took place. What is happening is exhibiting a governance mishap in the federation among the NEC members.
It is important to find out from the banks if those transactions actually took place. And what is happening for the members to decide to do what they did implies the president is not working in tandem with his members,” he added.
The ex-K'Ogalo sporting director did not hold back in his assessment of the infighting, describing it as unnecessary noise that risks eroding the federation’s credibility at both local and international levels.
“This nonsense ought to stop. FKF has its internal mechanism; perhaps the delegates step in and call for a meeting where both factions present their issues, and if evidence exists, then there exist serious ethical and integrity issues to deal with,” he said.
With FIFA already circling the matter, the LOC member believes the global body’s response will hinge on documented evidence rather than political manoeuvring within the federation.
“FIFA has given each faction a chance to come to the realisation that this is not child’s play. It is why in their correspondence, they have asked for specifics; forget about the convocation of the NEC meeting, the matter in question is the documents.
So, if the deputy president and his colleague in the NEC acted in haste, perhaps out of third-party insinuations, it will be sad for Kenyans, and if they acted upon the whistleblower’s document, then from the gist of the FIFA message, there will be some action coming,” he explained.