The Sh42m Storm Exposes the Fragile Foundations of Kenyan Football

Kenyan football has been here before. A scandal, a power battle, courts and injunctions and NEC meetings — and football somewhere in the background, almost an afterthought.

The Sh42.4 million at the centre of the latest storm was earmarked for insurance cover during Kenya’s participation in CHAN 2024. The money went to Riskwell Insurance Brokers Limited — a company that, at the time, was allegedly unlicensed. Britam had submitted the lowest bid at Sh29.1 million. FKF paid Sh42.4 million to someone else.

NEC voted to suspend FKF president Hussein Mohammed on April 24. The Sports Disputes Tribunal blocked the move three days later. McDonald Mariga’s faction was given until Friday to produce documents proving the suspension followed due process. FKF now faces the National Assembly’s Sports Committee on Tuesday.

Courts. Parliament. FIFA watching from Geneva. And the Premier League season still running.

The governance isn’t fragile. It’s broken. The question is who fixes it — and whether they actually want to.