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AGE-CHEATING: KENYA PAYS PRICE; FKF plays down Under-20 disqualification despite looming CAF disciplinary proceedings

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KENYA UNDER 20 PLAYERS Kenya Under 20 football team players Badi Baraka (left), Eugene Mukangula and Dennis Gicheru. CAF have cited Mukangula as one of the over age players who played against Sudan.

The expulsion of the national Under-20 football team from the 2017 CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament over age-cheating allegations has sparked heated debate.

And while the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) spent the better part of yesterday fending off jibes from football stakeholders saying it was only a mere “disqualification” from the current qualifiers, it has emerged that the CAF Disciplinary Committee will sit next month where further sanctions could be meted out against Kenya.

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