Kenya police recommend fraud charges for football chiefs

Kenya police have recommended the
country’s top football bosses be charged
with conspiracy to defraud, the state
prosector said Monday.
Football Kenya Federation (FKF)
president Sam Nyamweya, secretary-
general Michael Esakwa and acting
finance manager Samson Cherop are
being investigated over an alleged fraud
attempt involving sums totalling over
$168,000 (153,000 euro).
The police “recommend that the suspects
be charged with offences of conspiracy
to defraud” a statement from the Office
of the Director of Public Prosecutions
(ODPP) read, adding it would review
evidence before making any decision.
Kenya’s football team nearly missed its
World Cup qualifier return leg in Cape
Verde last month after players said FKF
failed to pay allowances and to refund
expenses incurred by players based
overseas.
Earlier this month the International
Association of Athletics Federation
(IAAF) Ethics Commission launched a
probe into graft allegations at Kenya’s
national athletics federation, Athletics
Kenya (AK).