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Details have emerged on how an altercation between Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the Sports ministry last weekend nearly bungled the national football team’s trip to Cape Verde for the return leg of a 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier match.
Sports Principal Secretary Richard Ekai has laid the blame squarely on FKF for the nearly aborted trip by Harambee Stars to Cape Verde for Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier. Speaking for the first time on the matter, Mr Ekai said the ministry sent Sh17.2 million to the federation on Friday, (the day the team beat the islanders 1-0 in the first leg) to meet various expenses, including paying for the air tickets aboard Air Mauritius for the November 14 trip.
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