Tribunal Orders FKF AGM After Declaring Key Committees Illegal

The Sports Disputes Tribunal has ordered the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to convene an Annual General Meeting within the next 60 days to ratify two key judicial bodies responsible for handling disputes in Kenyan football.

The directive follows a ruling by the Tribunal that the FKF Disciplinary Committee and the Appeals Committee are currently not legally constituted, meaning they cannot hear or determine any football related cases until they are formally approved by the federation's General Assembly.

According to the Tribunal, FKF must urgently regularise the status of the two independent bodies if they intend to rely on them to resolve disputes within the country's football structures.

The ruling has immediate implications across Kenyan football governance as any pending matters before the two committees cannot proceed until the required ratification is completed.

In the same decision, the Tribunal also nullified the earlier ruling by the FKF Leagues and Competitions Committee regarding the abandoned Premier League match between Gor Mahia and Nairobi United.

The committee had previously awarded both teams one point each after their encounter was abandoned in the 58th minute last December.

However, the Tribunal ruled that the decision was reached using the wrong regulatory framework. It directed that the case be reheard under the 2019 FKF rules instead of the 2025 regulations that had been used in the initial ruling.

The matter has now been referred back to the FKF Leagues and Competitions Committee for a fresh and fair hearing.

The committee has been given five days to make a new determination, with the deadline set for next Friday.

The ruling introduces fresh uncertainty into the Kenyan Premier League standings depending on the outcome of the rehearing, while also placing pressure on FKF leadership to urgently address governance gaps within the federation's judicial structures.

For Kenyan football, the Tribunal's decision reinforces the importance of proper constitutional processes in the administration of the game and could have wider implications on how disputes are handled moving forward.