Slaying match-fixing in Kenya will require all hands on deck
From left: The trio of, Akhiad Kubiev, Bernard Nabende and Martin Munga Mutua, who were allegedly involved in match fixing appear at the Makadara Law Courts on March 13, 2023.
In Kenya, match-fixers have been having a field day for a while, but especially since the pandemic broke out
There is no agency to fight all corruption in sport, leave alone this phenomenon that generates hundreds of billions of dollars each year
FKF, Fifa and Interpol should work with these operators to figure out a way of flagging suspicious activity
Match fixing is proving hard to cure, and that spells big trouble for a country fast running out of excuses for why the sporting industry is collapsing.
In Kenya, match-fixers have been having a field day for a while, but especially since the pandemic broke out. It is for this reason that on Tuesday, parliamentarians promised to push for the enactment of a law criminalising the vice.
