RELEVANT FACTS ON KENYA PREMIER LEAGUE LTD
The Kenyan Premier League Limited (KPL) reflects a key point in the FIFA/KFF
agreement that "the Normalisation Committee shall enhance the role of
clubs". It is also a follow up on decisions taken at key meetings
chaired by the FIFA/KFF Normalisation Committee Secretary, Mr. Silvester
Ashioya.
- On August 14th Mr. Ashioya chaired a meeting in the KNSC Boardroom
attended by 9 members of the FIFA/KFF Normalisation Committee plus the
representatives of 20 of the 24 Premier League clubs where the following
was agreed and stated in the official record of the meeting (copy of that
record available on request):
Item 7.2.2: "Members were in agreement on the
urgent need to have a Premier League Company put in that shall be
responsible for running, marketing and general management of the league.
All participating clubs shall be shareholders in the company. Since a
model of the same under KFG was in place, it was necessary that Bob
Munro circulate to all clubs the KFG Memorandum of the same by clubs."
Item 7.2.2: "Members agreed that a committee be put in place to look
into the modalities of setting up the Premier League Company. The
up-country clubs empowered the Nairobi clubs to be members of the
committee and agreed to abide by decisions of the committee. Clubs then
appointed the following as committee members: Bob Munro (Chairman,
Mathare United); Erastus Okul (Chairman, Gor Mahia); Simon Grant (Securicor
Ltd); Mark Ageng (Chairman General, Re-Union); Michael Esakwa
(Secretary, AFC Leopards).
Item 7.2.3 - Participation/Registration Fees: "Members agreed that these
fees will be handled by the Premier League Company Management Board once
put in place."
- The next day (August 15th) Bob Munro sent as agreed the KFG Memorandum
and Articles of Association to all clubs as an e-mail attachment.
- On August 20th Mr. Ashioya sent a letter to the five clubs on the
committee which states: "I write to inform you that during the Premier
League Clubs meeting on 14th August it was unanimously agreed that
a Premier League Company Limited be set up with the sole purpose of
managing Premier League affairs." (copy available on request)
- On August 21st the existing KFG shareholders met and agreed to admit
the other Premier League clubs as shareholders and to rename the company;
- On August 26th Mr. Ashioya chaired a meeting of senior club officials
of AFC Leopards, Gor Mahia, Mathare United, Re-Union and Securicor who
agreed to change the name of the KFG Limited to 'Kenyan Premier League
Limited' (KPL) and adopted over 50 recommendations for managing the
company and league;
- On August 28th the KFG/KPL shareholders representing 19 clubs met and
approved those recommendations. At that meeting the shareholders decided
to depart from the legal format of the English Premier League where the
Football Association has a non-voting share and non-voting
seat on the Board. As a concrete demonstration of their commitment to
unification and partnership, the clubs decided that the KFF will have
voting shares and a voting seat on the KPL Board of Directors.
- On August 31st an official letter was sent to Mr. Kipchoge Keino to
invite him to become a voting member of the KPL Board on behalf of the KFF
and FIFA/KFF Normalisation Committee.
- On September 10th Mr. Keino and Bob Munro met. Mr. Keino was given a
copy of the letter of August 31st. On the bottom of that letter Mr. Keino
wrote the date, the words "on behalf of KFF paid 2,000" and then signed it
and paid Ksh 2,000 (see attached).
Sent/Signed by
Bob Munro
September 17, 2004
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