FKF dismisses ‘losing’ OB van, say they have never owned one despite FIFA funds

Football Kenya Federation has come out fighting reports they had lost the outside broadcasting equipment and van that had been allegedly been repossessed by pay-television giant – SuperSport.

Kurunzi exclusively revealed that SuperSport had taken the van initially handed over to FKF due to non-payment of KSh135Million for the van acquired in August 2018.

SuperSport Head of East Africa Auka Gecheo said “I have nothing to say” while a email to WTS remained in responded to until now.

FKF head of Communicationsm Barry Otieno, in a response to Kurunzi, confirmed that FIFA had approved KSh135M for the television production equipment but had advised the federation to go contact British firm, WTS, to supply them with the OB van.

“We applied to FIFA and they approved our request for the OB van,” confirmed Mr Otieno.

“But they told us to get in touch with WTS who would then supply us with the equipment. They then advised us that they had an arrangement to acquire the OB vans from SuperSport.

“SuperSport then told us they would give us the van then pursue payment from WTS who were paid directly by FIFA.”

Mr Otieno explained that the money was never disbursed to FKF but rather an initial KSh100M was sent to WTS and the balance of KSh35M “which I believe has since been cleared.” He says they had never “owned the van since WTS had not cleared with SuperSport.”

“We have been unhappy with the arrangement because it ended up like we were co-owners with SuperSport so we have told WTS to sort out with them and give us our OB,” he addedm saying a delegation was expected from WTS before end of February to hand over the equipment to FKF.