CAF’s Motsepe in Nairobi to Meet Both FKF Factions as Power Battle Drags On

Patrice Motsepe has seen enough of this from a distance. Now he’s in Nairobi to deal with it face to face.

The CAF president arrived for the Africa Forward Summit on May 11-12, with meetings scheduled with senior officials from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. AFCON 2027 preparations are on the agenda. But so is the FKF mess — a leadership crisis that has split the federation into two hostile camps and landed in multiple courts.

Hussein Mohammed insists his removal was unconstitutional. McDonald Mariga’s faction insists the opposite. The Sports Disputes Tribunal and High Court have both temporarily blocked the removal from taking effect. Neither side has backed down.

Motsepe can’t afford to watch this collapse. Kenya is a co-host. The clock is running