DCI to Investigate Nick Mwendwa over Sh244m FKF Fraud claim

The Ministry of Sports also announced that it had asked the Registrar of Sports in conjunction with the Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu and representatives of the ministry and the private sector to undertake a thorough financial audit of all the federation’s accounts.

Revelations of the love on FKH came on a day the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee  (PAC) summoned Mwendwa over allegations that he had pocketed Sh11 million players’ allowances for the national soccer team Harambee Stars and members of the technical bench who took part in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

The money is part of the Sh244.59 million that was drawn from the Sports, Arts, and Social Development Fund (SASDF).

MPs issued the summons after Sports Principal Secretary Joe Okudo told them that the ministry was left with no option but to rein in the federation.

Okudo said the ministry had since resorted to paying all allowances as approved by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission directly to players, leaving FKF to handle expenses incurred in hosting teams.

“About two years ago, there was so much noise from our sportsmen complaining of not getting their allowances and tickets on time; when the federations make applications to the Fund they receive the money but many things happen because they were in charge of payment and they would even reduce the amounts paid to hotels for players and what they did with the rest we live it to our imagination,” he said.

He added: “They would do the same on allowances so what we did (is to pay) the allowances to the national teams directly but the fees for hosting the team goes to the federation and that is why the noises do not come as much because at least the athletes and our sportsmen are now protected.

We had to do that because the federations were going rogue. We pay the players straight to the source so that the federation has no say on where they are going to stay.”

Committee members present during the session included Wandayi, Otiende Amollo (Rarieda), and Ngugi Nduati (Gatanga), who said there was a need for Mwendwa to appear before them to shed light on the alleged misappropriation of funds at the federation.

“It will be good for this committee to hear from Mwendwa, where he took the money and why he did it without the requisite documents and authorization,” said Wandayi.