Sports Permanent Secretary Ambassador Kirimi Kaberia on Wednesday blasted Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa over Harambee Starlets' predicaments.
Kaberia pointed out that the poor communication from the FKF resulted in the Starlets' camp being disbanded days before facing Zambia in their Olympic qualifier match.
He also said that the Starlets had a lot of choices in terms of venue for training.
“In Kasarani there is a nice new hotel where the ladies could have camped and the claims sorted later, so to me I wonder how things are done.
“The only thing this federation thinks about is about camping far from Nairobi in big hotels and forgetting that as a ministry we also have other federations who are looking upon us,” Kaberia said as quoted by Citizen Digital.
Kaberia refuted claims that he doesn't pick calls when he was being reached out to over this matter.
“Those saying I don’t pick calls nor return emails they are wrong and their mission is just to blackmail me and the ministry at large. They should not doubt our patriotism at all,” noted Kaberia as quoted by Citizen Digital.
On their side, FKF have maintained that if the government will not provide them with funds in time to facilitate the Starlets preparations, they will cancel the trip to Zambia.