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courtesy of the nation<\/p>\n
Controversy surrounding last Sunday\u2019s abandoned Kenyan Premier League match between Sony Sugar and Gor Mahia in Awendo has taken a new dimension, with Football Kenya Federation directing the KPL to furnish it with reports from match officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Just a day after the KPL ruled that the match be replayed as none of the two clubs was responsible for the abandonment, FKF president, Sam Nyamweya, said the federation will take up the matter, adding that somebody must take responsibility.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Gor Mahia have appealed against the decision to order a replay, saying KPL is running away from the truth. Yesterday, Nyamweya said FKF will follow up on the matter and take appropriate action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cThere is no way we can be told the match was abandoned, yet nobody is responsible. We need to get a clear report on the game and sequence of events that made the referees to abandon the match,\u201d said Nyamweya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe do not want to set a bad precedent here. If any of two teams or their fans were responsible, they must face the consequences,\u201d added the FKF boss. \u201cUnless there was heavy downpour or a tragedy which both sides did not have control over, it raises questions when KPL says a match was abandoned and nobody is responsible,\u201d stated Nyamweya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Sunday match was abandoned on the 84th minute when Sony Sugar players accosted referee Nassur Doka and his assistants after Gor had equalized the scores to 2-2. The referees\u2019 report to the KPL indicates that an unnamed Sony Sugar player and official assaulted the first assistant. But KPL says the match was abandoned after a perimeter fence collapsed, putting the players, match officials and fans at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Said KPL in a statement: \u201cIn accordance with the Rules of Kenyan Football, Rule 3.4 on responsibilities of clubs and rule 3.7 on abandoned matches, the match reports exonerate both teams from causing the abandonment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cBut the match reports confirm that the players were ready to resume play but due to a collapsed perimeter fence which let many spectators of both sides into the playing area, posing serious security risk to teams, match officials and technical benches, prompting match officials to call off the match.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe therefore order for a replay of the entire match to be played at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru on Wednesday September 18, 2013 starting at 3:00pm and KPL will take control of the match arrangements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cFurther to the above, it is noted from the match reports there were incidences of misconduct and assault against the 1st Assistant Referee by SonySugar official and player, which will be forwarded to the Independent Disciplinary and Complaints Committee (IDCC) for appropriate disciplinary action.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n