Africa-Press – Kenya. The fate of two clubs promoted to the Kenyan Premier League hangs in the balance following a meeting held at a hotel in Nairobi on Monday.
APS Bomet and Fortune Sacco were promoted directly to the top tier after emerging as winners and runners-up in the preceding National Super League season.
But their future now looks bleak after Mathare United and Vihiga Bullets sent representatives to a KPL meeting that had the blessings of Football Kenya Federation CEO Barry Otieno.
Of the 18 KPL clubs that participated in the previous tournament, only Bandari, Kakamega Homeboyz, Talanta and Nzoia FC failed to appear.
The new season is scheduled to start on November 12. APS Bomet coach Charles Odera has said that any decision to exclude the team will be catastrophic to his players.
“It will be a big setback, especially considering that our players are already thinking about taking that big step,” Odera said.
“Such a move would also discourage our sponsors who have given so much to push us to this level,” he added.
Vihiga Bullets head coach Juma Abdallah dismissed any possibility that they will feature in the second-tier league next season. Vihiga were relegated after their first debut appearance in the toplight league.
“What we know is that we are still a big part of the Kenya Premier League. The court emphasized that the league was not run legally and there is no basis to demote us.
“We have seriously started the preparations for the next season and everyone is happy that we will register a stronger performance than last season. We are just waiting for FKF to confirm the date,” Abdallah said.
The government-backed Transition Committee and the ousted federation led by Nick Mwendwa have been embroiled in a power struggle over the past two months.
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