Kenya sevens rugby players.[Photo/Standard]
The Government has began disbursing funds to the federations that were affected by the backing out of betting firm SportPesa's sponsorship.
The Kenya Rugby Union (KRU), Football Kenya Federation (FKF), and Boxing Association of Kenya (BAK) have been given the first batch of the money they were to be given.
According to Sports Permanent Secretary Peter Kaberia, KRU has been given Sh30 million while FKF got Sh3 million. BAK had their trip to India fully paid for.
“We sent Sh30 million to KRU to cover the first quarter of their operations while what we sent to FKF is to pay Harambee Stars coach Paul Put,” said Kaberia.
He also stated that more funds would be provided to the federations soon. The FKF chief executive officer, Robert Muthomi, noted that they were happy with the Government's actions and were waiting to receive more funidng to cover the costs for Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards ahead of this year’s continental assignments.
“We expect more money soon to help our clubs honour their continental matches,” he said.The Government said it would set aside Sh500 million this financial year to help the federations.
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