28-03-2025
Kenya keeper suspended amid match-fixing investigation
Kenya goalkeeper Patrick Matasi has been provisionally suspended from all football activity in the country for 90 days amid an investigation into allegations of match Kenya Federation (FKF) took the decision on Monday evening, hours after the governing body announced it had launched an investigation into the case arose after a video posted online appeared to show the keeper agreeing a deal to influence the outcome of a BBC has not been able to verify the video, which is plays for Kenyan Premier League club Kakamega Homeboyz and has won over 30 international has not responded to multiple requests for owner of Kakamega Homeboyz, Cleophas Shimanyula, said that Matasi denied the allegations."He was shocked at what he was seeing in the video and he told me he doesn't know about match-fixing," Shimanyula told BBC Sport Africa."Kakamega Homeboyz is against any form of match manipulation."Matasi's most recent appearance for Kenya came in a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Cameroon last Harambee Stars lost the game FKF said it would work with world governing body Fifa, the Confederation of African Football and other "relevant authorities" during its investigation.
