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KFF gives its stand in the KPL bookings saga

November 4, 2008

The Kenya Football Federation Secretary General, Sammy Obingo, today wrote to all stakeholders in KPL to give KFF’s position in the bookings saga engulfing the KPL League. These are the exact contents of the letter:

 

FROM:    Secretary General
TO:        Hon. Secretaries:

 

1.All KPL Clubs
2.Ashford Mamelodi
3.PressWe read in today’s Standard Newspaper on the row, which has erupted in the KPL
Management over the awarding of points to clubs in the retrospects.
We shall continue advising KPL clubs on the FIFA Rules on Competition despite
the fact that some KPL officials keep on making disparaging remarks on the
Federation.  Every competition whether League/Cup or invitational must have
their own Rules before such a competition starts.  And these Rules must be
agreed upon by all the participants and organizers of the competition.  What
we notice in the current KPL is that the league started without the clubs
agreeing on the Rules and Regulations to govern that league.  The 1998 Kenya
Football Rules which were initiated by Mr. Bob Munro, the Chairman of Mathare
United FC are outdated and they touch on the general management of football in
the country as enshrined in the current KFF Constitution.

The Rule of protest/appeal is universal as contained in CAF/FIFA Rules and
Regulations governing competition.  A protest/appeal must always be logged
before a football match and to the appointed match officials.  If the protest
is on the legibility of a player a photograph of the same playing standing
between Match Commissar and Referee is usually taken for verification by the
organizers.  If the protest is on a cumulated caution (yellow/red cards) it
must be again be drawn to the attention of the match officials who will write
a notification to the organizers of the tournament.  It is then up to the
organizers of the competition to ascertain the validity of the protest and
reject/award points accordingly.  No team, which did not protest at the
appropriate time, can turn around and seek points after discovery some facts
about a player if such a team did not protest before the match.  This
protest/application rule is put in place in order not to throw competition in
total disarrays.  It is then wrong for clubs, which did not protest at the
appropriate time to turn around and make belated protest.

We are in pain to explain this because we notice this trend recurring in
Kenyan League/Cups competitions and this should stop because it is not in
conformity with CAF/FIFA Rules.  Anybody who doubts this can always access
both CAF/FIFA websites.  We in KFF have put in place Rules and Regulations
governing 2008 Nationwide League and KFF Cup and that is why we are making
rulings on the matter of protest/appeals authoritatively.  We urge KPL
Management to do the same otherwise 2008 KPL shall develop into a fase.

Sammy Joel Obingo
Secretary General/ CEO

KFF Complex Centre,
Next to Moi International Sports Complex, Kasarani
P.O Box 26434, Code 00504
Nairobi, KENYA
Mobile: +254 724 291838
Tel:     +254 020 2012194
Fax:     +254 020 2010798
 

 

Whether this will settle or raise opinions temperatures among clubs, we all are waiting to see.

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