Nick Mwendwa categorically stated that since taking office over three years ago, there have been zero match fixing reports or even speculations, surrounding Harambee Stars.
Mwendwa was speaking to Gidi and Ghost on Tuesday, where was reacting following a story carried by Nation newspaper. The paper reports that FIFA have launched investigations into match-fixing claims against George Owino Audi.
The report claims that Owino who worked with high-profile international match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal, pocketed millions of shillings after helping throw away Harambee Stars' matches.
It further claims that a FIFA report which was released in September 2018, Mr Owino, a defender and RAJ Perumal exchanged 177 email communications where he agreed to influence a number of Harambee Stars international match results
conspired to manipulate and influence the result of international matches involving Kenya.
Confirming that he had indeed read the story, Mwendwa was quick to point out that he has never heard of any match fixing claims since he was elected as FKF president.
We have never received any reports during the last few years I have been in office. All the matches we have lost, we lost them fair and square. We have never had any player implicated in such scandals. He said.
Below is an excerpt from the phone interview between Nick Mwendwa and the breakfast presenters.
Have you seen the report?
We have already heard of the allegations and now we want to follow up, know the facts then we take it from there.
We are waiting to hear from football governing body, FIFA, once they give us their report we will take it from there. So people will be summoned then the committee will do their job.
Match fixing like I said, it's not a matter of FKF only but it's an issue which we take lightly when it comes to football matters.
Then once you find yourself being implicated in the match fixing issue, it is not easy coming up with a concrete evidence. Because the first thing is; Did a player score in his own net? Did the defender just easily let the striker score?
If indeed the accused was sent for an email and he responded, then what did you do in the said game? So they must review the footage and also study your behavior during the entire match.
Allegations on possibility that former Kakamega Homeboyz Paul Nkata was fixing some matches
We have received the reports and I spoke to the club and asked them to forward the evidence they have, also the recordings they claim they have on the coach allegedly paying his players.
Nkata is from Uganda and that makes things hard, we must take action as FKF. We must involve FIFA so that once someone is banned in Kenya he cannot continue practicing in Argentina.
We have already written to FIFA and explained what we know.
Listen to the audio below.