By GILBERT WANDERA and PHILIP ORWA
Controversy has erupted over the venue of Saturday’s Kenyan Premier League (KPL) match between Muhoroni Youth and AFC Leopards.
Muhoroni Youth insist the fixture will be at their backyard but KPL and Leopards want it to be played elsewhere.
According to Moses Adagala, Muhoroni Youth chairman, they have already made arrangements to host the fixture in their backyard and has invited Leopards to turn up at the venue.
“We don’t see any reason not to play the match at our home-ground because our opponents don’t have as many fans as they used to have so there should be no challenge in controlling the crowd,” he said, adding: “The issue of it being a high risk match does not arise because in January we hosted Gor Mahia in a friendly fixture and all went well,” he said.
The KPL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jack Oguda however insisted that the match cannot be played in Muhoroni and the home team are well aware.
“The venue has not passed the test of being able to host the top clubs AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia and the league committee has informed Muhoroni as much,”
“We cannot risk and so we are waiting for Muhoroni to let us know where the match will be played so that Leopards can be informed accordingly,” said Oguda.
The same sentiments were supported by Leopards vice-chairman Walter Onyino who urged their opponents to inform them of the venue within 72 hours as required by law.
“As far as we are concerned, the match will be played anywhere else apart from Muhoroni. They have already been asked to inform us of the new venue but there is a lot of dilly-dallying,” said Onyino.
