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Sports CS Amina reacts to Kenya's suspension by FIFA

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Sports and Culture CS Amina Mohammed and Muthaiga Golf Club Chairman Ronald Meru rides on Golf cart over Muthaiga Golf Club bridge on Thursday, 24 February 2022. [Samson Wire. Standard].

Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed on Saturday responded to the decision of the World football governing body, FIFA, to suspend Kenya from international football due to government interference.

In a statement, two days after Fifa President Gianni Infantino announced Kenya and Zimbabwe had been suspended indefinitely, Amina called out FIFA's perspective of the government and football stakeholders, noting that the body considers them a nuisance.

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