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Fifa lifts suspension on Kenya

Ababu Namwamba

Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba (fourth right) poses for photos with chairpersons of the Kenyan Premier League clubs at thehis Maktaba Kuu offices in Nairobi on November 3, 2022.

Photo credit: Pool |

What you need to know:

  • Former Sports CS Amina Mohamed had disbanded the body on November 11 last year on grounds of alleged misappropriation of funds
  • She replaced it with a Caretaker Committee and later a Transition Committee
  • After his appointment as the new CS Sports, Namwamba began the process of having Kenya back to international football by engaging football club officials and the disbanded FKF led by its president Nick Mwendwa

World football governing body, Fifa has lifted the suspension it imposed on Kenya on February 24.

In a letter addressed to Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Secretary General Barry Otieno, Fifa Secretary General Fatma Samoura said the world football governing body arrived at the decision to lift the suspension following the reinstatement into office of the FKF Executive Committee by new Sports CS Ababu Namwamba.