World soccer governing body FIFA has called on the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) to provide a full explanation after its National Executive Committee (NEC) voted to provisionally suspend the federation’s president, Hussein Mohammed, along with two other senior officials.
In a letter dated April 26, 2026, FIFA said it had been notified of a resolution passed two days earlier requiring Mohammed to step aside, together with nominated NEC member Abdullahi Yusuf Ibrahim and acting general secretary Dennis Gicheru.
The move has triggered an immediate intervention by both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which are now examining whether the suspension followed FKF’s own statutes.
The international bodies are focusing particularly on whether the suspended officials were given a proper opportunity to defend themselves, as required under the federation’s rules, specifically under Articles 38, 40, and 41.
FIFA is also scrutinising how the meeting was called, whether quorum and voting procedures were correctly observed, and the strength of the written justifications provided for the action.
FIFA’s chief of member associations, Elkhan Mammadov, has instructed the FKF NEC to submit detailed documentation by May 1, 2026. This includes the meeting agenda, attendance records, voting results, and all reports validating the provisional suspensions.
The suspension of the three senior FKF officials was intended to facilitate investigations into alleged financial misconduct, including claims surrounding approximately 42 million Kenyan shillings linked to insurance arrangements for the 2025 CHAN tournament.
The committee also moved to freeze certain bank accounts and install former Inter Milan and Kenyan international midfielder McDonald Mariga as acting president.
Mohammed has forcefully rejected the suspension, describing the April 24 meeting as “irregular, unlawful and unconstitutional.” In a statement, he argued that the gathering failed to follow procedures outlined in the FKF Constitution (2017) for convening NEC meetings, rendering any decisions from it null and void.
He maintained that no funds were lost on the CHAN insurance, noting that the cover was arranged directly by CAF and not paid for by the FKF.
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