{"id":33108,"date":"2026-04-27T13:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33108"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T11:23:11","slug":"kenya-football-boss-suspended-over-alleged-323-000-insurance-deal-scandal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenya-football-boss-suspended-over-alleged-323-000-insurance-deal-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya football boss suspended over alleged $323 000 insurance deal scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Football Kenya Federation, Hussein Mohammed, has been suspended by the federation\u2019s National Executive Committee (NEC) over allegations of financial mismanagement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision, taken on Friday, also saw NEC member Abdullahi Yussuf Ibrahim and acting Chief Executive Officer Dennis Gicheru asked to step aside to allow for investigations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The controversy centres on an insurance deal linked to the African Nations Championship 2024, co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest the federation awarded a contract worth about $323 000 to a newly registered company, despite more competitive bids from established insurers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hussein had been expected to respond to the allegations, including questions around the so-called \u201cAfrican Nations Championship insurance story\u201d, before the NEC moved ahead with the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nine NEC members attended the meeting that led to the decision, while three were absent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15983,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-33108","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"President of the Football Kenya Federation, Hussein Mohammed, has been suspended","published_date":"2026-04-27 13:10:27","news_description":"President of the Football Kenya Federation, Hussein Mohammed, has been suspended","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33110,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33108\/revisions\/33110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}