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Football Kenya Federation has said it will appeal before the decision by the High Court that the 2017 season be reverted to 16 clubs.

Through Justice John Mativo, the High Court ordered that KPL should have only 16 teams in the 2017 season.

14 of these should be those teams that qualified for sporting merit during the 2016 season plus an addition of two highest ranked clubs in the FKF NSL at the end of the 2016 season.

The football governing body said they will appeal Justice Mativo's decision to protect sanity of the game in the country.Here is part of the letter:

FKF acknowledges receipt of the decision by High Court Judge, Justice John Mativo, declaring that the 2017 Kenyan Premier League Season be reverted to a 16 club league, following a petition launched by one Sam Nyamweya.

We wish to clarify that we shall be tendering our appeal at the Court of Appeal in due course in an effort aimed at protecting the sanctity of the sport.

The federation remains committed to its footballing mission and will not be distracted by the ongoing effort by a section of disgraced former Football Administrators, keen on suffocating the development of the game at all levels.

We shall also be providing an update to FIFA on the judicial development locally as we further seek to tap on their technical capacity in our forth coming Appeal Suit.

Further details will be provided progressively as the matter has been referred to our legal counsel.