{"id":15312,"date":"2020-10-02T20:20:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T20:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=15312"},"modified":"2020-10-02T20:20:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T20:20:25","slug":"fkf-nec-member-for-coast-and-caf-match-commissioner-mohamed-omar-dies-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/fkf-nec-member-for-coast-and-caf-match-commissioner-mohamed-omar-dies-of-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"FKF NEC Member for Coast and CAF Match Commissioner Mohamed Omar dies of Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: Standard Sports<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Kenyan football fraternity is mourning following the death of <span class=\"aCOpRe\">Football Kenya Federation<em>\u00a0(<\/em><\/span>FKF) NEC Member for Coast and CAF Match Commissioner Mohamed Omar.<\/p>\n<p>According to family sources, Omar died of COVID-19 on Friday morning in Mombasa.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Omar was among key people to force Fifa to agree to compel Football Kenya Limited to conduct all-inclusive elections in 2011.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.standardmedia.co.ke\/images\/friday\/ytgvqzw6u8ihszate5f76ed384cb9c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Omar seen with Twaha Mbarak were in Zurich Switzerland when they went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport when then KFF stakeholders lodged a case against Fifa in 2009\u00a0\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FKF presidential Aspirant Twaha Mbarak condoled with the family, saying Kenya had lost a season football administrator and a legal mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Standard Sports AfricaPress-Kenya: The Kenyan football fraternity is mourning following the death of Football Kenya Federation\u00a0(FKF) NEC Member for Coast and CAF Match Commissioner Mohamed Omar. 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