Aduda breaks silence on FKF wrangles, warns of risk to AFCON preps
By Luke Oluoch, April 27, 2026Former FKF CEO and AFCON 2027 Local Organising Committee (LOC) member Lordvick Aduda has added his voice to the brewing leadership crisis at Kandanda House, warning that the ongoing power struggle could jeopardise Kenya’s hosting rights.
In a television interview on Monday, April 27, 2026, Aduda addressed the legal ramifications of the National Executive Committee’s (NEC) decision to suspend President Hussein Mohammed and install his deputy, McDonald Mariga,as acting president.
Calls for accountability
Aduda noted that for the sake of transparency, the suspended president must directly address the allegations surrounding a Ksh42 million insurance contract. The controversy stems from a high-value payout reportedly made to a newly registered company for the CHAN 2025 tournament.
‘Come clean’ plea
“The president should have clearly come out and addressed the allegations that the said insurance company was paid. Based on what appears in the media, which needs corroboration, I am reliably informed that an equivalent of Ksh42 million was paid to them,” Aduda stated.
Aduda expressed deep concern that internal bickering between the president and the NEC is a dangerous distraction as Kenya prepares to co-host AFCON 2027 alongside Uganda and Tanzania.
“We have a serious crisis with only months to go before hosting AFCON, and there is no point in the president and NEC trying to outdo one another. Questions linger on how the LOC will function if the president and the federation are run this way,” he warned.
Way forward
To resolve the stalemate, Aduda proposed a forensic audit of the federation’s financial transactions to verify the claims of misappropriation.
“To bring the whole story to a conclusion, we need to find out from the bank if the transaction took place. What is happening is exhibiting a governance mishap in the federation among the NEC members.
“It is important to find out from the banks if those transactions actually took place. And what is happening for the members to decide to do what they did (suspending the president) implies the president is not working in tandem with his members,” he added.
Potential outcomes from FIFA
“This nonsense ought to stop. FKF has its internal mechanism; perhaps the delegates step in and call for a meeting where both factions present their issues, and if evidence exists, then there exist serious ethical and integrity issues to deal with,” he stated.
Aduda, who is well-versed in FIFA operations, acknowledged that the decision by nine NEC members to move against the president indicates a serious rift that the world governing body will likely monitor closely.
“FIFA has given each faction a chance to come to the realisation that this is not child’s play. It is why in their correspondence, they have asked for specifics; forget about the convocation of the NEC meeting, the matter in question is the documents. So, if the deputy president and his colleague in the NEC acted in haste, perhaps out of third-party insinuations, it will be sad for Kenyans, and if they acted upon the whistleblower’s document, then from the gist of the FIFA message, there will be some action coming,” he explained.