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Kenyan football league season ends

By AFP
May 01, 2020

NAIROBI: The remaining games of the Kenyan football league season were cancelled on Thursday due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Gor Mahia declared champions, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) have announced.

Gor Mahia will represent Kenya in the African Champions League next season. “With the new announcement by President Uhuru Kenyatta, extending the cessation of movement in and out of Nairobi by another 21 days, there is no way the league will conclude by the 23rd of May,” said FKF president Nick Mwendwa in a statement.Defending champions Gor Mahia were leading the table when football was halted, sitting seven points clear of second-placed Kakamega Homeboyz.