Allowances headache at Kenya camp demoralising

Helen Obiri (left), former 3,000m indoor world champion, trains with teammates mid this month for Commonwealth Games. Kenya. LEFT: Kenyan Caleb Mwangangi, 3,000m indoor gold medallist, warms. [PHOTO/AFP]

It’s been another tough week for local sports fans, with the hefty suspension of Harambee Stars head coach Adel Amrouche and athletes not receiving their kits and allowances hours before the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

Amrouche’s situation is actually out of Football Kenya Federation’s (FKF) control to be honest. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) suspended the Algerian for a year after spitting at an official in Harambee Stars’ African Cup Of Nations pre-qualifier in the Comoros. The issue is so serious that Caf is taking his case to Fifa to make this a worldwide ban.