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NAIROBI: Because we like bulldozing things and cutting corners, our football has been found short on every aspect of the beautiful game. For over a decade now, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) have engaged in endless squabbles, and the game has been the poor for it. In the meantime, talent has been wasted and football careers broken.
A recent meeting between FKF and KPL officials on the number of teams in the Premier League ended in disarray after they failed to agree. Kenyan football lovers now find themselves between a rock and a hard place. While KPL has done a fairly remarkable job running the league, they have bended the rules by bypassing FKF according to Fifa regulations.
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