Mixed reactions after cancellation of all FKF leagues

“Ooh and Congratulations Gor Mahia! You are champions once again and you will represent Kenya on the champions league next season. Let’s do this!” he tweeted.

Chemelil Sugar and Sony Sugar have been relegated to the National Super League, with Kisumu Allstars FC set to face Vihiga United FC in the KPL/NSL Play-off fixture.

In the NSL, Administration Police FC, St. Joseph’s Youth FC and Northern Wanderers FC have been relegated to the FKF Division One League.

The Kenya Women’s Premier League has also been declared null and void having only been played for one round.

The FKF boss pointed out where the decision was derived from in the law – Section 2.6 of the FKF constitution which governs failure to complete the league.

Section 2.6.1.1 through to 2.6.1.3 states as follows:

Where the league format due to circumstances of force majeure fails to be completed within the season, the league winner shall be determined as follows.

• Before each and every club has completed its first round fixture the league shall be declared null and void
• Where all the clubs in the league have completed the first round fixture but less than 75% league games have been played, the table standings at the end of the first round shall be considered as the final table standing of the league.
• Where at least one club has played more than 75% of the league games, the following formula shall be used to determine the table position for the respective group: Total number of points earned from the number of games played multiplied by the total number of games supposed to be played decided by the number of games played.

In a rejoinder to Mwendwa’s tweet, the KPL have released a statement strongly disputing FKFs decision to annul the league.

“The lack of consistency in the Federation’s stand on the fate the two competitions implies; a selective application of the rules by FKF, the selective interpretation by FKF of CAF’s letter to the Federation, disregard by FKF of the hard work put in by KPL teams to reach where they are in the current KPL 2019/20 standings, amounts to breach of the KPL mandate on running of the league through interfering with the management of its affairs. That said, KPL wishes to state that it is strongly against annulling the league at this stage without first exploring other avenues which will see the season played to the end,” said KPL.

KPL also faulted the federation its inconsistency, saying they amounted to breach of the league’s mandate through interfering with the management of its affairs.

“The lack of consistency in the Federation’s stand on the fate the two competitions implies; a selective application of the rules by FKF, the selective interpretation by FKF of CAF’s letter to the Federation, disregard by FKF of the hard work put in by KPL teams to reach where they are in the current KPL 2019/20 standings, amounts to breach of the KPL mandate on running of the league through interfering with the management of its affairs,” part of the statement read.

Online, netizens expressed their feelings, with most not in agreement with FKF’s decision. Here are some sample reactions captured by GameYetu.