How Football Kenya Federation Spent $11.1 Million Funding From FIFA

• Kenya received a total of $9.1 million between 2016 and 2022 from FIFA
• The funds are part of the Forward Development Programme
• The bulk of the funds went to equipment and administration

FIFA recently released the figures of the Forward Development Programme and what every member association received.

Kenya was entitled to $11.1 million, but FIFA approved $9.1 million between 2016 and 2022. The East African nation desperately needs the fund to improve their football.

The funds were spent on equipment ($4.7mil), administration and governance ($1.7mil), national teams ($1.5mil), capacity development ($0.5mil), women’s football ($0.5mil), competitions ($0.2mil), and infrastructure ($0.1mil).

Kenyan football authorities put major emphasis on the improvement of women's football in that period, which saw the Kenyan Women's Premier League and the Women Division 1 League, according to FIFA.

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Kenya has played in just six AFCON tournaments in their history (1972, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2004, 2019).

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