Kenyan court quashes injunction orders against KPL

A Kenyan high court on Monday dismissed a motion of injunction against the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) filed by the country's federation, allowing the league management body to continue its suspended 2015 top flight competition.

The ruling by Lady Justice Roselyn Aburili in a Nairobi court means Kenya will have two parallel Premier Leagues, inviting an inevitable world governing body FIFA ban if the parties cannot come to a quick resolution of their dispute outside the corridors of justice.

Following the ruling, fans of KPL broke into celebration and song, hoisting their CEO Jack Oguda and chanting his name.

"As you see from the fans, they were missing the game. So we will start the league as soon as possible," Oguda said.

Justice Aburili, however, allowed the federation to continue its civil suit against the KPL.

The judge ordered them to use their individual names since according to the country's law, a society cannot sue in a civil matter using its name as she directed the parties to settle their own costs.

In delivering her ruling, Justice Aburili pointed out world body FIFA and FKF statutes are subordinate to the Kenya Constitution, giving the high court powers to listen and determine the civil case as she granted FKF the right to appeal.

Once again, the judge gave the feuding parties the option to settle their matter outside the court after she went ahead to listen to the case when they could not come to agreement within 48 hours when the case came before mentioning two weeks ago.

The latest development means the KPL can resume if FKF does not file another application to bar the league from continuing. Endi