FKL’s decision to bring sanity in officiating matters is commendable

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That Football Kenya has finally taken action to bring sanity in officiating matters is commendable.

The appointment of Alfred Ndinya as referees’ manager will bring peace and a good relationship with the top league Kenya Premier League (KPL).

Ndinya being a Fifa referee, understands what ails fellow whistlers and will not do anything that will jeopardise their chances of progressing.

We hope that Ndinya will use his new role to bring peace between referees and KPL. Already it is evident that it is already working considering that Fifa accredited referees are continuing to officiate in the top league.

The acrimonious relationship between the FKL referees committee and KPL has not augured well for the whistlers who have time and again been denied to officiate in the top league.

Just this year, top Fifa referees have on two occasions been asked not to officiate in the KPL and world football governing body Fifa has had to come in and resolve the matter.

What this has done is to deny our top referees a chance to be seen at the highest level and with the league sponsored and broadcast live it has been a wasted opportunity. Then last week, there were disturbing reports that certain individuals in FKL were attempting to stand in the way of Kenyan women referees handling a continental match.

It appears that certain individuals in the FKL referees committee keen to flex their muscle have never given a thought to what their action has done to affect officiating standards.