Kenya banned by Fifa

NAIROBI – Kenya have been handed an indefinite ban from all international competitions by football’s world governing body Fifa on Tuesday, according to reports here.

It is the second ban in two years for the east African nation. Fifa’s top disciplinery panel are reported to have suspended the country for failing to respect agreements to resolve recurrent problems in their football association, in particular relating to the integrity of national competitions.The panel ratified proposals issued by Fifa’s Executive Committee after the country failed to implement an order to unify Kenya’s two rival premier leagues into a single 18-team entity, local Independent Kenya Television Network said.But Kenyan Football Federation (KFF) chairman Alfred Sambu said he was not aware of the ban.”I am still waiting for official communication from Fifa,” Sambu told AFP.KFF general secretary Dan Omino, who believes that both he and his chairman, Alfred Sambu, have been unfairly targeted, last week claimed they had fulfilled all recommendations set by Fifa.Omino said the problems affecting Kenyan football would continue because Fifa were applying double standards by relying on misinformation from some local football officials.Fifa suspended Kenya for three months in 2004 for government interference but the situation was reversed after the country accepted to draw up new statutes.Nampa-AFPFifa’s top disciplinery panel are reported to have suspended the country for failing to respect agreements to resolve recurrent problems in their football association, in particular relating to the integrity of national competitions.The panel ratified proposals issued by Fifa’s Executive Committee after the country failed to implement an order to unify Kenya’s two rival premier leagues into a single 18-team entity, local Independent Kenya Television Network said.But Kenyan Football Federation (KFF) chairman Alfred Sambu said he was not aware of the ban.”I am still waiting for official communication from Fifa,” Sambu told AFP.KFF general secretary Dan Omino, who believes that both he and his chairman, Alfred Sambu, have been unfairly targeted, last week claimed they had fulfilled all recommendations set by Fifa.Omino said the problems affecting Kenyan football would continue because Fifa were applying double standards by relying on misinformation from some local football officials.Fifa suspended Kenya for three months in 2004 for government interference but the situation was reversed after the country accepted to draw up new statutes.Nampa-AFP