Football Kenya Limited (abbreviated as Football Kenya Ltd., Football Kenya or FKL) was the governing body of football in Kenya. It was founded in 2008 and was recognised by

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in the same year, taking over control of Kenyan football from the

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. FKL organised the

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(KPL), the

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and the

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. It was headed by Sam Nyamweya, who was voted in through an election that involved all Kenyan football clubs in 2011, beating six other candidates including KFF chairman Mohamed Hatimy.

Leadership disputes with KFF

FKL was formed in 2008 by a group of football administrators to rival then governing body, the

, and was immediately recognised by

as the governing body of Kenyan football. This led the KFF to sue FIFA for failing to recognize it and extending its (FIFA's) support to a

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. The KFF also appealed to the

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(CAS) for a proper ruling. On 27 April 2010, CAS dismissed the KFF's appeal and asked FIFA to continue recognising FKL as the governing body of Kenyan football.

Replacement by FKF

In November 2011, FKL was disbanded as it wanted to cease being a

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. The

Football Kenya Federation The Football Kenya Federation (abbreviated as Football Kenya or FKF) is the governing body of football in Kenya. The FKF organizes the Kenyan Premier League, the Kenyan Women's Premier League, FKF Division One, FKF Women Division One and Ken ...

(FKF) replaced FKL, but most of the new executive positions were retained by their former occupants on FKL.Kenyanstar.com, 1 November 2011
Out goes Football Kenya Limited (FKL) in comes Football Kenya Federation (FKF), new constitution within 90 days
- by Timothy Olobulu.

References

External links

Futaa
- Kenyan Football Portal
Kenyan Footie
- Kenyan Football Portal

at the FIFA website.
Kenyan Football
an unofficial site on the history of Kenyan football
Kenyafootball
a news site (not affiliated to FKL) Football governing bodies in Kenya {{footy-org-stub