Gor Mahia, Kakamega Homeboyz, and Tusker have received a huge boost after the Football Kenya Federation’s First Instance Body (FIB) granted them licenses to feature in CAF football next season.
The three top-tier clubs have been given the licenses after they met the CAF club licensing requirements. The three clubs are the ones that stand a chance to take part in the Champions League and Confederation Cup in the 2023–24 season.
CAF requirements
The power to approve or reject the application for licenses of any club lies with the First Instance Body (FIB), which is an independent decision-making committee set up by all of CAF’s member associations to review clubs’ license applications.
Five clubs were invited by FKF to apply for club licensing after a CAF circular was issued earlier this month regarding the club licensing process and requisite criteria. The top four FKF Premier League clubs as well as the finalists of the FKF Cup Competition are the clubs that were invited.
The clubs were required to make their applications and present documents that adhere to five-pillar criteria: sporting, infrastructure, personnel, administrative, legal, and financial.
Deadline
By Thursday, June 15, which was the deadline, Kakamega Homeboyz, Gor Mahia, and Tusker FC had submitted their applications. The clubs that could not beat the deadline and make their applications are Kenya Police and Nzoia Sugar.
CAF football
Gor and Tusker are the clubs that can participate in the Champions League because they are the only clubs that can win the Premier League.
Homeboyz and Tusker can get a continental ticket as they are the finalists in the FKF Cup. The team that wins the domestic cup will represent the country in the Confederation Cup.
Should Tusker win the league and the FKF Cup, Homeboyz will automatically get a chance to appear on the continental podium by being this year’s finalists.