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FIFA has confirmed that Kenya has been thrown out of international football until a 28-point plan agreed earlier this year to tackle alleged government interference and other problems is fully implemented.
The decision by the world governing body's emergency committee to suspend the Kenya Football Federation was officially notified Wednesday in a letter sent to the KFF, FIFA said in a statement.
Sporting rules, the integrity of competitions, and FIFAs decisions were "regularly violated or ignored by members of the Kenyan football family", it added.
The latest move came a month after FIFA President Sepp Blatter complained that the situation in Kenyan football had deteriorated with disagreements between the top clubs and the prospect of two parallel leagues in Kenya.
Blatter gave Kenyan authorities a final deadline of October 18 to provide urgent confirmation, "not only in writing but in acts, that the KFF would fully implement the agreement signed in Cairo," FIFA said.
KFF general secretary Dan Omino, who believes that both he and his chairman, Alfred Sambu, have been unfairly targeted, last week claimed they had fulfilled all recommendations set by FIFA.
Omino said the problems affecting Kenyan football would continue. He said FIFA was applying double standards by relying on misinformation from some local football officials.
FIFA first suspended Kenya for three months in 2004 for government interference but the situation was reversed after the country accepted to draw up new statutes.
The decision by the world governing body's emergency committee to suspend the Kenya Football Federation was officially notified Wednesday in a letter sent to the KFF, FIFA said in a statement.
Sporting rules, the integrity of competitions, and FIFAs decisions were "regularly violated or ignored by members of the Kenyan football family", it added.
The latest move came a month after FIFA President Sepp Blatter complained that the situation in Kenyan football had deteriorated with disagreements between the top clubs and the prospect of two parallel leagues in Kenya.
Blatter gave Kenyan authorities a final deadline of October 18 to provide urgent confirmation, "not only in writing but in acts, that the KFF would fully implement the agreement signed in Cairo," FIFA said.
KFF general secretary Dan Omino, who believes that both he and his chairman, Alfred Sambu, have been unfairly targeted, last week claimed they had fulfilled all recommendations set by FIFA.
Omino said the problems affecting Kenyan football would continue. He said FIFA was applying double standards by relying on misinformation from some local football officials.
FIFA first suspended Kenya for three months in 2004 for government interference but the situation was reversed after the country accepted to draw up new statutes.