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Why Kenya Premier League clubs are finding it hard to pay salaries on time

FKF President Nick Mwendwa [Standard]

With 10 or so games left to the conclusion of the 2018/19 Kenyan Premier League (KPL) next month, it is a minor miracle that most of the teams will see out their fixtures, with as many as half of the top flight teams teetering on the brink of collapse.

Abridged this season to enable the domestic top flight harmonise its calendar with that of world governing body Fifa, players involved have had their energies sapped by a punishing schedule with the season cut from nine months to six.

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