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PRESS RELEASE Football Kenya Federation (FKF) would like to show full support on Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Tusker and other Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) members for advising their teams against taking part in the regional club’s tournament in war torn Darfur. It is good to note that Tusker’s decision to pull out of the tournament was done in full consultation between the club’s top officials, the government and federation and it was unanimously agreed that the security condition in Darfur, a region which has been in a state of humanitarian emergency since 2003, was not a safe place for our team to play in. It would be very unwise for the country to risk taking a team to Darfur and yet it is known world over that Darfur is a very dangerous place. As the Federation president I cannot be very reckless to risk the lives of players, because if anything happens we will have no answers. Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye would be very insensitive not to realize that there is a big problem by taking the tournament to Darfur after the withdrawal of teams from three key members, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. The leadership of Cecafa should be respected and consulted. Musonye should know that he does not own Cecafa and Cecafa belong to member countries. He is just an employee and should always seek approval from all members before doing some things, because Cecafa and its members are there to stay, but Musonye will leave. The decision to host the regional club tournament in Darfur was not agreed by members because the region is in the security radar all over the world. Announcing that he is locking out club’s that failed to honour the tournament for security reasons does not hold any water, the clubs have withdrew and have not in any way been locked out. The president of the local football body, my duty is to protect clubs to the hilt and I will not be swayed by any side shows. SAM NYAMWEYA Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President
Posted on: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:11:44 +0000

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