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Crisis rocks Cecafa as employees go for six months without pay

A financial crunch has reportedly hit the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) secretariat in Nairobi, Goal has established.

According to well-placed sources at the regional football body, a number of staff members have gone for six months without pay and without a logical explanation from the management.

Those affected include the competition manager, head of protocol, office manager, messenger, and head of information systems.

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“There have been no payments and no explanation from the secretariat. The situation is tough and Covid-19 has only made it worse. We hope for an amicable solution to this situation,” a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Goal on Tuesday.