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Mwalimu-G

Mwalimu-G

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The deadline for the corrupt FKF to pay former Harambee Stars Coach Adel Amrouche KeShs 109 million for wrongful sacking expires tonight.
FKF has said can't pay, won't pay. In any case they are forever broke since FKF is normally a looting venture for the officials.
The Government has said it is not our problem. In any case, FIFA protects FKF, so that the government has no say even when the looting is so blatant.
Will FIFA belatedly come to the aid of their truant child?
If perchance because of the debt FKF is declared insolvent will what they owe Amrouche be treated like a sovereign debt and passed on to future successors of the federation?
#Justsomemusings

FKF set to default on Sh109m Adel Amrouche debt



Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa addresses the media after the Special General Meeting held at a Nairobi hotel on January 28, 2020.
[Photo: Stafford Ondego]
Harambee Stars’ chances of participating in the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers could be over with just hours remaining before today’s midnight deadline for Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to pay former coach Adel Amrouche Sh109 million.
Kenya’s fate now lies in the hands of Amrouche and the Fifa’s Disciplinary Committee as the nation waits with bated breath for a final decision from the Switzerland-based body.
FKF was given until April 23 (today) after a 30-day extension to pay the Belgian in full or face sanctions was granted on March 23.

In a terse warning after granting the Federation the extension, the Fifa Disciplinary Committee said: “If the payment is not made to the creditor (Amrouche) and proof of such payment is not provided to the secretariat to the Fifa Disciplinary Committee by the deadline, the present matter will, upon request of the Creditor, be re-submitted to the Disciplinary Committee to impose harsher sanctions on the Football Kenya Federation. The sanctions may lead, amongst others, to expulsion from Fifa competitions.”
The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on September 19 last year directed FKF to pay Amrouche the amount as compensation for wrongful dismissal. FKF fired the Belgian in 2014, but was reinstated at the tail-end of Sam Nyamweya’s term in 2016 after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) cleared him of any wrongdoing.
Nick Mwendwa’s regime, however, declined to deal with him leading to the present situation. Amrouche first won his case for wrongful dismissal before Fifa Players Status Committee and later at Court of Arbitration for Sport where he was awarded Sh109million.
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And with FKF having failed to settle Amrouche’s dues within the set deadline, the Fifa Disciplinary Committee is expected to give its verdict should Amrouche, who is at liberty to do so, refer the case back to the chamber.
And as Zimbabwe suffered a similar fate for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Harambee Stars now stand a real risk of being ejected from the road to Qatar 2022.
Harambee Stars are in Group E of the Qatar qualifiers alongside Mali, Uganda and Rwanda.
Appearing on KTN’s Zilizala Show on Monday, Nick Mwendwa, who the Sports Disputes Tribunal has ruled is no longer legally FKF president said he is ready for Fifa’s verdict after the government declined to commit itself.
“We have written to Fifa again requesting them to extend the payment deadline because the government has not communicated to us on how we will settle the debt, Mwendwa said.
“But I doubt if they will heed to our call because they have given us enough time since October 2019. So, there is a likelihood we will not be able to pay the money on time. This means that Kenya will not participate in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
“We will just be barred from the World Cup qualifiers, but we will continue participating in the youth and women competitions as well as the Afcon and Chan tournaments. If we are banned, we will accept it and move on.”
Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed is on record saying the government could not pay for the federation’s mistakes.
“This has nothing to do with government. Why is FKF not negotiating with Fifa or the coach (Adel Amrouche) on a payment plan? Amina said on March 11.
She added at the time: “No government in its right senses would fork out Sh109 million to pay an individual for the mistakes of an irresponsible federation. I don’t understand it.”
The CS took issue with the casual manner FKF had managed the coach’s case.
“Why, for instance, did they let go of the coach without consulting the government. And if after losing the case, why did they appeal knowing the consequences of such action given the gravity of the case? she said.
 
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Anglututu

Anglututu

Elder Lister
This is just one of the sports corruption has killed in this country, cricket ilienda hivyo.
Rugby sijui status, the minute a sport becomes successful, our Kenyan spirit of corruption comes in, and everything goes downhill afterwards.
 
Mawaya

Mawaya

Elder Lister
Many local football supporters have for a long time wished FIFA would ban Kenya for a lengthy period till the federation and structures are reshaped.
Without that, any intervention the government has attempted is usually countered by FIFA threatening a ban.
The time is here now, let the ban come, after all from precedents in other countries, reinstatement will still happen sometime in the future.
 
Mwalimu-G

Mwalimu-G

Elder Lister
Fifa offers FKF lifeline in Adel Amrouche pay row


FRIDAY APRIL 24 2020




Former Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche. PHOTO | FILE |

Former Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
In Summary
  • Initially, world football governing body, Fifa, had extended the payment deadline to Friday.
JEFF KINYANJUI
By JEFF KINYANJUI
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Kenyan football will enjoy yet another lifeline after former Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche agreed to wait a little longer for the settlement of a Sh109 million debt owed to him by Football Kenya Federation (FKF).
Initially, world football governing body, Fifa, had extended the payment deadline to Friday.
According to reliable sources, FKF had requested for another extension “owing to the current coronavirus pandemic that has slowed down the economy globally.”
And Friday, Fifa, in a letter to FKF, said the case would be resubmitted to its disciplinary committee on May 18 for evaluation and final determination.
Severe punishment awaits Kenya should the Algeria-born Belgian coach’s arrears remain unpaid, most significantly Harambee Stars’ expulsion from the 2022 World Cup qualifying programme.
Amrouche said he had accepted Fifa’s request for another postponement of the deadline.
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As Amrouche spoke, Fifa further announced it would give all its federations, including FKF, $500,000 (about Sh53.5 million) to cushion them against effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a statement, Fifa said they would release the money “in the coming days” along with any remaining entitlement for 2019 and 2020 “as the first step of a relief plan to assist the football community impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This measure will mean that a total of around $150 million will be distributed among the 211 national football governing bodies around the world,” the Fifa statement said.
The Sh109 million, that includes accrued interest and costs, was awarded to Amrouche by the Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) for unfair dismissal.
The coach, who currently works in Botswana as the national team coach, claimed that FKF officials were not co-operative in facilitating the settlement of the Sh109 award.
He said he had endured untold suffering, including using family finances in court battles and having to go for two years without a job.
"I have no faith in the current regime bearing in mind how they have handled this issue which should have been sorted out long time ago but Fifa asked me if I am okay with another extension and I said it's okay," Adel told Nation Sport.
"I spent all my resources on this case paying my lawyer fees and I want to get done with it but FKF are not willing to pay me.
“The Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Sports even spoke to me and I was willing to work on with the plan they were proposing, but the federation was not willing," the tactician alleged.
FKF President Nick Mwendwa has in a series of media interviews recently revealed Kenya would be banned from 2022 World Cup qualifiers for failing to pay the money owed to Amrouche.
He has in the past tried to woo the Ministry of Sport to pay the bill unsuccessfully.
Amrouche was sacked as the Harambee Stars coach in 2014 while serving a six-month ban from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) for allegedly spitting on a match official in a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Comoros.
He later appealed and the ban was shortened to six months but FKF insisted it would be impossible for him to work as he was still banned and sacked him. Amrouche appealed his dismissal to Fifa and was awarded Sh69 million, with the global football governing body ordering FKF to pay him but they appealed to CAS who finally ordered FKF to pay Sh109 million including accruing costs.
Amrouche accused FKF of throwing him under the bus and visiting untold suffering to him, his coaching career and his family life.
“I have been waiting since 2014 and for me one month or more (moratorium) is the same. But its a question of principle, because FKF deserted me when Caf banned me for something I never did,” the Belgian tactician lamented.
“I was thrown out of my apartment with no car, no money and I was struggling alone to pay a lawyer for two years while I was jobless.
“I spent all my money and family money, but I never said anything bad about Kenya. I was innocent and my only mistake was to be coach of Kenya.
“But God is great and with the evidence I have, I won my case against Caf.”
Fifa’s letter on the Kenyan case said: “In this regard, we take due note from the content of the abovementioned correspondence that the Football Kenya Federation did not pay the amounts due to the coach Adel Amrouche within the granted deadline and that the latter therefore requests that further disciplinary sanctions are imposed on the Football Kenya Federation."
“In this sense, we kindly inform the parties that, in accordance with point 4. of the decision passed by the Chairman of the Fifa Disciplinary Committee on 23 March, 2020, the case will be resubmitted to a member of the Fifa Disciplinary Committee on 18 May, 2020, for evaluation in order to decide on harsher sanctions to be imposed on the Football Kenya Federation, which may lead, amongst others, to possible expulsion from Fifa competitions,” continued the letter.
TOUGHER SANCTIONS
The Fifa Disciplinary Committee, meanwhile, also extended an olive branch to FKF to provide its position, and/or proof of payment by April 30, 2020, lest Kenya suffers tougher sanctions.
Meanwhile, in their statement of Covid-19 on Frirday, Fifa said the pandemic had caused “unprecedented challenges for the entire football community.”
“And, as the world governing body, it is Fifa’s duty to be there and support the ones that are facing acute needs,” the statement quoted Fifa President Gianni Infantino as saying.
“This starts by providing immediate financial assistance to our member associations, many of which are experiencing severe financial distress.
“This is the first step of a far-reaching financial relief plan we are developing to respond to the emergency across the whole football community.
“Together with our stakeholders, we are we assessing the losses and we are working on the most appropriate and effective tools to implement the other stages of this relief plan.”
 
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Shaz on

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Mwalimu-G said:
The deadline for the corrupt FKF to pay former Harambee Stars Coach Adel Amrouche KeShs 109 million for wrongful sacking expires tonight.
FKF has said can't pay, won't pay. In any case they are forever broke since FKF is normally a looting venture for the officials.
The Government has said it is not our problem. In any case, FIFA protects FKF, so that the government has no say even when the looting is so blatant.
Will FIFA belatedly come to the aid of their truant child?
If perchance because of the debt FKF is declared insolvent will what they owe Amrouche be treated like a sovereign debt and passed on to future successors of the federation?
#Justsomemusings

FKF set to default on Sh109m Adel Amrouche debt



Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa addresses the media after the Special General Meeting held at a Nairobi hotel on January 28, 2020.
[Photo: Stafford Ondego]
Harambee Stars’ chances of participating in the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers could be over with just hours remaining before today’s midnight deadline for Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to pay former coach Adel Amrouche Sh109 million.
Kenya’s fate now lies in the hands of Amrouche and the Fifa’s Disciplinary Committee as the nation waits with bated breath for a final decision from the Switzerland-based body.
FKF was given until April 23 (today) after a 30-day extension to pay the Belgian in full or face sanctions was granted on March 23.

In a terse warning after granting the Federation the extension, the Fifa Disciplinary Committee said: “If the payment is not made to the creditor (Amrouche) and proof of such payment is not provided to the secretariat to the Fifa Disciplinary Committee by the deadline, the present matter will, upon request of the Creditor, be re-submitted to the Disciplinary Committee to impose harsher sanctions on the Football Kenya Federation. The sanctions may lead, amongst others, to expulsion from Fifa competitions.”
The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on September 19 last year directed FKF to pay Amrouche the amount as compensation for wrongful dismissal. FKF fired the Belgian in 2014, but was reinstated at the tail-end of Sam Nyamweya’s term in 2016 after the Confederation of African Football (Caf) cleared him of any wrongdoing.
Nick Mwendwa’s regime, however, declined to deal with him leading to the present situation. Amrouche first won his case for wrongful dismissal before Fifa Players Status Committee and later at Court of Arbitration for Sport where he was awarded Sh109million.
To get the latest soccer news, text 'SPORTS' to 22840.
And with FKF having failed to settle Amrouche’s dues within the set deadline, the Fifa Disciplinary Committee is expected to give its verdict should Amrouche, who is at liberty to do so, refer the case back to the chamber.
And as Zimbabwe suffered a similar fate for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Harambee Stars now stand a real risk of being ejected from the road to Qatar 2022.
Harambee Stars are in Group E of the Qatar qualifiers alongside Mali, Uganda and Rwanda.
Appearing on KTN’s Zilizala Show on Monday, Nick Mwendwa, who the Sports Disputes Tribunal has ruled is no longer legally FKF president said he is ready for Fifa’s verdict after the government declined to commit itself.
“We have written to Fifa again requesting them to extend the payment deadline because the government has not communicated to us on how we will settle the debt, Mwendwa said.
“But I doubt if they will heed to our call because they have given us enough time since October 2019. So, there is a likelihood we will not be able to pay the money on time. This means that Kenya will not participate in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
“We will just be barred from the World Cup qualifiers, but we will continue participating in the youth and women competitions as well as the Afcon and Chan tournaments. If we are banned, we will accept it and move on.”
Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed is on record saying the government could not pay for the federation’s mistakes.
“This has nothing to do with government. Why is FKF not negotiating with Fifa or the coach (Adel Amrouche) on a payment plan? Amina said on March 11.
She added at the time: “No government in its right senses would fork out Sh109 million to pay an individual for the mistakes of an irresponsible federation. I don’t understand it.”
The CS took issue with the casual manner FKF had managed the coach’s case.
“Why, for instance, did they let go of the coach without consulting the government. And if after losing the case, why did they appeal knowing the consequences of such action given the gravity of the case? she said.
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Kenyan football is Soo corrupt ndio maana haiwezi grow
 
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