Besieged Kenya Football Federation chairman Mohammed Hatimy Monday said he would not resign and blamed his enemies for the current problems that have rocked the federation.

In a press statement, Hatimy accused the Confederation of African Football of “applying double standards” in the current crisis and asked them to be fair to all member federations. Caf banned Kenya’s Tusker from the African Champions League just before their scheduled match at the weekend against Ethiopia’s Al Tahrir after the federation failed to pay Sh455,000 in annual subscriptions to the African football governing body.

Hatimy said Caf had no reason to ban Kenyan clubs from African competitions as the federation had paid the $6,500 (about Sh455,000) as was required.

He wondered why Caf decided to ban Kenya and allow Rwanda’s clubs to play in continental competitions, while Rwanda was also on the confederation’s black list.

“Why did they allow the Eritrean team and the match commissar to travel all the way if they knew the match would not take place?” he asked.

However, several players, officials, and fans blamed the federation for the weekend’s embarassing episode saying they knew all along that the match would not take place but decided not to inform Tusker and their fans.

But Hatimy said Tusker has the right to be refunded the over Sh4 million they used in preparation for the match saying the federation would do everything possible to ensure they were refunded.

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