Match Fixing Scandal: Kenya Federation Suspends Five Referee

Match Fixing Scandal: Kenya Federation Suspends Five Referee By Sampson Adedeji Kenya has provisionally suspended five top football league referees over allegations of match-fixing and the manipulation of national league results, BSNSports.com.ng can reports Two of them, Raymond Onyango and Isaac Memusi, were dropped from the list of FIFA referees at the start of this season after failing match fitness tests. Football Kenya Federation (FKF) said the decision was taken to safeguard the integrity of the sport, which came under the spotlight after four players were banned – one of them for life “The federation’s Integrity Department, with the assistance of FIFA, has initiated preliminary investigations against the said individuals with a view of establishing their involvement, if any, in the said match manipulation practices,” FKF general secretary Barry Otieno said in a statement.