Three people, including a Russian and a Ugandan, suspected of manipulating football matches in Kenyan leagues were on Monday charged before a Makadara court.
Akhiad Kubev, (Russian), Benard Nabende (Ugandan) and Martin Munga (Kenyan) were accused of conspiring to cheat in a match-fixing football game.
They are alleged to have committed the offense on dates between February 3 and March 10 in Roysambu within Nairobi County.
The three faced another charge that on March 10 in Roysambu within Nairobi County, with others not in court, by use of a fraudulent trick by inducing Samson Otieno, the team manager of city stars to deliver football match-fixing of city stars versus sofa paka FC.
The game was said to would have been played at Ruaraka, Kenya Breweries playing ground on March 11 at 1500 hours by promising to pay Otieno 14000 USD at the end of the match an act that could have influenced the result of the game.
They denied the charges before Principal Magistrate Eric Mutunga of Makadara Law Courts and requested lenient bond terms.
They were released on a bond of Sh300,000 with two sureties of a similar amount.
The case will be mentioned on April 3 and the hearing was set to be on July 17.
Their arrests come as Kenya’s leagues face scrutiny over match-fixing and player corruption in competitions sanctioned by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF).
FKF chief Barry Otieno said in a statement he will not be commenting further on the matter until investigations are concluded.
