Former FKF president Sam Nyamweya [PHOTO/soka25east.com]
Former Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Sam Nyamweya has been handed a 10-year ban from all football activities.
In a letter signed by FKF Chief Executive Officer Robert Muthomi and addressed to the former boss, the decision was reached last Tuesday at a National Executive Committee meeting.
According to the federation, Nyamweya’s long suspension came as a result of: “Pursuing a case against the current office in a court of law against the laid down rules, and for illegally accessing the federation’s coffers and withdrawing Sh2.5 million.”
“Contrary to the statutes of Fifa, CAF and FKF, you have lodged a case against FKF in an ordinary court and therefore are in violation of Article 13 (f) of the FKF constitution," read the letter in part.
"In your own written admission you illegally withdrew a sum of Kshs2,500,000 which was in a federation account and which was destined for FKF Aberdares branch. The decision by the National Executive Committee will be presented to the General Meeting of FKF for adoption,” the letter added.
However, Nyamweya has been quick to dismiss the letter as “null and void”, and threatened to sue the federation for “contempt of court.”
“Disregard that letter because it is null and void. How can you ban someone from football yet that particular person is not involved in football in the first place? I retired from football a long time ago. So what do they mean I am banned from football?” posed the ex-boss, adding that he never took the money as alleged.
“I never withdrew any money from the bank. I’ve said that before. I will now have to sue them for contempt of court. You don’t talk publicly about a case that is ongoing,” he added.