Sher Karuturi deeply misled

Sher Karuturi from Naivasha were hoping to cash in on home advantage and win their league Match last Sunday against Mathare United. But that was never to be as Mathare United beat them in their own backyard by a goal to nil. But the loss did not deter them from still chasing the 3 points off the field.

Informed sources who attended the match alerted the KISE website that Sher officials might have been misled to believe that Mathare United’s player Kennedy Ayong was suspended for that match having collected 3 yellow cards. KPL rules direct that a player who accumulates 3 yellow cards must serve a two match suspension. So Sher went ahead and lodged an official complaint with KPL demanding to be awarded the 3 points from Mathare for fielding an ineligible player. Little did they know that Ayong had already served his suspension and actually had come back and only acquired one more yellow card on resuming play.  Out of the window the points Sher wanted from Mathare went!

Speculation has been rife in the past 3 weeks among KPL Clubs that some teams have not observed the rule  in their past matches and KPL is prepared to go down to the root of the matter and punish the Clubs which flouted this rule. Most of the teams from the 8th position downwards are only separated by a difference of very few points and any points deductions at this stage would be disastrous. As relegation threats bite and the title race going to the wire, all the Clubs are anxious to find out if they are on the punishment roster. About a week ago, Red Berets tasted the wrath of the Independent Disciplinary and Appeals Committee (whose decisions are final) when they were deducted  the 3 points they had gotten against Gor Mahia. Gor appealed when they found out that a Red Berets player who had accumulated 3 yellow cards had actually been fielded in that match. This decision pushed Red Berets near the doors of relegation and any subsequent losses might result to this door being opened. The following standings show the matches played up to date, and including that IDAC decision against Red Berets. The table could change if KPL punishes more clubs for gross violation of its rules. Before the disciplinarian cracks the whip this is how things look like with only 4 rounds of matches remaining.

UPDATED KENYAN PREMIER LEAGUE STANDINGS 

	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mathare United	26	16	7	3	42	20	22	55
2	Sony Sugar	26	14	8	4	24	11	13	50
3	Agro-Chemicals	26	12	7	7	26	20	6	43
4	Thika United	26	11	6	9	21	18	3	39
5	World Hope	26	11	5	10	22	25	-3	38
6	Ulinzi Stars	26	10	7	9	28	25	3	37
7	Sher Karuturi	26	8	12	6	16	15	1	36
8	Tusker	26	8	10	8	31	30	1	34
9	Gor Mahia	26	9	7	10	15	18	-3	34
10	Chemelil Sugar	26	8	9	9	24	21	3	33
11	KCB	26	7	10	9	19	23	-4	31
12	Bandari	26	9	4	13	26	32	-6	31
13	Mahakama	26	7	6	13	23	31	-8	27
14	Western Stima	26	7	6	13	27	36	-9	27
15	Red Berets	26	6	8	12	20	27	-7	26
16	Mathare Youth	26	6	6	14	21	33	-12	24

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