{"id":427115,"date":"2011-05-19T23:19:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T23:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/19\/kidero-oguda-sabotaging-stars\/"},"modified":"2011-05-19T23:19:53","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T23:19:53","slug":"kidero-oguda-sabotaging-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/19\/kidero-oguda-sabotaging-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidero &#8211; Oguda Sabotaging Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"48.9541196253\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charles Nyende<\/p>\n<p>19 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 The club-versus-country row in the country escalated further on Thursday when Harambee Stars Management Board chairman Evans Kidero wrote to Sports Minister Paul Otuoma asking for the revocation from the board of Kenyan Premier League Chief Executive Jack Oguda.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a reason to believe that he is working with outside forces to sabotage the activities of the national team yet he is a member of the Harambee Stars Management Board,&#8221; Kidero said in his letter.<\/p>\n<p>Kidero also questioned, without giving any details, the integrity of Oguda in his operations when Kenya played Angola in March. Oguda sits in the seven-member Stars board.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postpone matches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The current row started on Tuesday when Oguda declined the request of Harambee Stars coach Zedekiah Otieno to postpone league matches next weekend to allow the national team travel to Namibia for a training camp.<\/p>\n<p>FKL then stepped in and ordered KPL to postpone the concerned matches or face legal action leading to a stand off.<\/p>\n<p>While KPL insist they have contractual commitments to sponsors, broadcaster and security providers amongst others, FKL say the national team must take precedence over all other football activities.<\/p>\n<p>The KPL board has called for an urgent meeting on Friday to discuss the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Several KPL club leaders have meanwhile called for dialogue saying postponing matches is not impossible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reach compromise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The leaders have called for a compromise in the row pitting the Kenyan Premier League against Football Kenya Limited, saying a workable agreement on sharing players needed to be worked out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This tug of war is needless. The fixtures are tight but they can be altered. We need to follow the rules but both parties need to sit together and agree,&#8221; Sofapaka president Elly Kalekwa said.<\/p>\n<p>Ulinzi secretary, Joe Birgen, called for patriotism saying both parties could accommodate each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Postponing matches for a weekend is not hard. Every player wants to be capped and we have to put national duty first. Agreeing on how to share players should not be a problem,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>AFC Leopards chief officer Richard Ekhalie said both FKL and KPL had their interests to guard and both needed to make sacrifices for the sake of the national team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The coach has made a special request because he needs more time with the players. We need to compromise,&#8221; Ekhalie said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105191370.html\" title=\"Kidero - Oguda Sabotaging Stars\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kidero &#8211; Oguda Sabotaging Stars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Charles Nyende 19 May 2011 Nairobi \u2014 The club-versus-country row in the country escalated further on Thursday when Harambee Stars Management Board chairman Evans Kidero wrote to Sports Minister Paul Otuoma asking for the revocation from the board of Kenyan Premier League Chief Executive Jack Oguda. &#8220;We have a reason to believe that he is working with outside forces to sabotage the activities of the national team yet he is a member of the Harambee Stars Management Board,&#8221; Kidero said in his letter. Kidero also questioned, without giving any details, the integrity of Oguda in his operations when Kenya played Angola in March. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kidero - Oguda Sabotaging Stars - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/19\/kidero-oguda-sabotaging-stars\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kidero - Oguda Sabotaging Stars - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Charles Nyende 19 May 2011 Nairobi \u2014 The club-versus-country row in the country escalated further on Thursday when Harambee Stars Management Board chairman Evans Kidero wrote to Sports Minister Paul Otuoma asking for the revocation from the board of Kenyan Premier League Chief Executive Jack Oguda. &quot;We have a reason to believe that he is working with outside forces to sabotage the activities of the national team yet he is a member of the Harambee Stars Management Board,&quot; Kidero said in his letter. 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