Anxiety has gripped Kenyan soccer fraternity following a decision by world's football governing body, FIFA, to defer a ruling on a case by Kenya Football Federation (KFF), which has been rocked by wrangles in recent past.
The football stakeholders have been wondering whether the ruling, which was due last Wednesday, will be positive or not.
A Feb. 28 deadline issued by FIFA to the government to show commitment that they would keep off football affairs expired with no indication that the suspension would be lifted.
FIFA stated that a commitment from the troubled-ridden KFF has not been received. FIFA ordered the Kenyan government to commit to a full implementation of FIFA statutes by Feb. 28, 2007.
Soccer pundits say it means the suspension of the federation from international football will continue for the foreseeable future, "without a likelihood of change".
"We need to know the position so that we can start preparing forthe forthcoming match against Swaziland," said KFF acting chairman Mohammed Hatimy.
"At the moment we are in the dark, we do not know whether we have done enough to convince FIFA to lift the suspension or not. We just have to wait," Hatimy added.
The KFF had previously failed to respect a 28-point agreement signed with FIFA in January 2006. There had been a similar ban in 2004.
The Confederation of African Football made a brief visit to Nairobi last week at the request of sports minister Maina Kamanda.
The two-man CAF delegation managed to reconcile the warring factions and advised the KFF to comply with FIFA's demands.
The meeting attended by various football stakeholders, chaired by CAF's Amos Adamu, agreed on four areas that could see Kenya return to the international scene.
Under the agreement, all parties who have court cases accepted to withdraw them and seek arbitration where they were aggrieved.
