Probe on Kenya-Lesotho match starts

A task force appointed to probe allegations of sabotage during the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Kenya and Lesotho has started work and is expected to make recommendations on the management of the team.

Moni Wekesa, who chairs the committee, said their mandate will not be confined to just what happened between Kenya and Lesotho. “We intend to call all football stakeholders, apart from members of the disbanded technical bench, and intend to come up with a comprehensive report that will not only point out what went wrong but also how to improve in future,” he said. The seven-member team was inaugurated yesterday and have three weeks to finish their work.

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Secretary General, Michael Esakwa, said the government is aware of the committee and intend to present its recommendations to them. “We have duly briefed Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario and the findings of the task force and recommendations shall be made public so that we know what happened on that day,” said Esakwa.

The task force was formed last week after the federation made sensational allegations that the home and away matches could have been fixed or sabotaged.

“The outcome of the Lesotho fixture, home and away legs were not ordinary and left a lot to be desired. Furthermore, the general conduct of head coach Adel Amrouche who was serving a CAF suspension left his assistants alienated and undermined by singular action of arbitrarily designating an unknown person to be the head coach,” FKF Secretary General Michael Esakwa said.