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Caf imposes ban on FKF CEO Barry Otieno after Comoros incident

Confederation of African Football has imposed a ban on Football Kenya Federation CEO Barry Otieno after he allegedly tore apart PCR tests copies of the Kenyan team during their African Cup of Nations qualifier against Comoros.

According to a statement from Caf and obtained by Goal, the African body has handed the Kenyan CEO a six-month ban from all football-related activities and also imposed the same on the team’s team manager Ronny Oyando.

“On the day of the match the General Secretary of the Comoros Football Federation came in early to take their PCR tests, and he was met with refusal from the Kenyan national team’s management, they delayed the process for three hours until they finally gave in,” read the statement from Caf.