Mystery over Sh135m KFF OB Fifa funded van – Weekly Citizen

Former KFF boss Mr Sam Nyamweya

An outside broadcasting van bought by Football Kenya Federation through funds from Fifa is shrouded in mystery.
While it is known by the public that the van was bought to ease the burden of hiring production costs during CAF matches involving clubs and the national teams, clubs participating in CAF competitions have continued to suffer huge financial losses in the name of production costs.

Gor Mahia, for example, has lost Sh8M deducted by CAF last year and are bound to have a similar amount deducted this year as production costs yet the Federation spent a whopping Sh135m to purchase production equipment.
Stakeholders are demanding that FKF explains where the OB van is and how has it benefited Kenyan football.
Further, it is claimed, the supplier of the OB van has not been paid and has since repossessed the van after the federation involved a third party in this process.

Mr. Nick Mwendwa

Question are how the figure of Sh135m was arrived at considering that the van in question was one of the smallest owned by the supplier. Already the management of Gor Mahia are wondering how they will recover the lost money or if will FKF compensate them. The federation had given the assurance that it had the capacity to broadcast live CAF matches.
Former KFF president Sammy Nyamweya who is planning to oppose Nick Mwendwa in elections set this year has already petitoneds Fifa and Directorate of Criminal Investigations to probe the matter and establish criminal liability on the part of the federation or the other parties involved.