Pressure has mounted on Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Nick Mwendwa after Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed on Friday October 15, asked for the ministry to conduct an inspection of the federation’s accounts and give a detailed report in two weeks.
On Thursday, the High Court turned down a request from Mwendwa to give a permanent injunction against any investigation against himself or the Federation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Public Prosecution.
Mwendwa through his lawyer Tom Ojienda had sued the DCI, the DPP alongside journalist Milton Nyakundi who had filed the complaint with Banking Fraud Investigations Unit(BFIU).
FKF has also been under pressure to give answers on how it used the Ksh 244 million that was given to the federation to prepare the Harambee Stars for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals held in Egypt in 2019.
The Auditor General also flagged a Ksh 11 million payment to the FKF boss Nick Mwendwa without proper documentation.
In the past two weeks, Mwendwa has been under scrutiny after poor performances by the national soccer team Harambee Stars who lost 6-0 to Mali FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the Harambee Starlets under-20 team losing miserably to Uganda.
Mwendwa’s comments barely hours after the humiliating defeats on a show on NTV raised eyebrows among football stakeholders and his claim that the country lacked enough talent to compete with established countries on the continental scene did not go well with many.
And now, the Ministry of Sports has made things tougher for the federation chief with CS Amina issuing a strong statement and ordering for the scrutiny of FKF accounts.
; “{pursuant to Section 52(1) of the Sports Act (2013), I have directed the Registrar of Sports to undertake the inspection of Football Kenya Federation in accordance to the provisions of the Act.”
“She is expected to commence the exercise from 18th October, 2021 for a period of less than two weeks and submit a report to my office on or before November 2 2021. The Ministry will assign the required Technical Officers and any other support required to perform this exercise.”
Section 52 of the Sports Act states: “The Registrar may, at any time, or if so directed by the Cabinet Secretary, cause an inspection to be made by any person authorized by the Registrar, in writing, of any sports organization, branch, sub-branch, organ, or any person associated with any sports organization, and of its or his books, accounts and records.”