The Sports Disputes Tribunal (SDT) has overturned the decision by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Leagues and Competitions Committee that awarded Nairobi United and Gor Mahia one point each following the abandonment of their FKF Premier League match at Dandora Stadium in December 2025.
In a ruling delivered Friday afternoon, the Tribunal found fault with the process and directed that the dispute be returned to the Committee for a fresh hearing.
The Committee has been instructed to determine the matter using the 2019 FKF Rules and Regulations Governing Kenyan Football, rather than the 2025 regulations that were applied in the earlier ruling.
The tribunal quashed the ruling by FKF’s League and Competitions Committee and referred the matter back to the body for fresh hearing and ruling.
The Tribunal has given the Committee five days to reconsider the case and deliver a new decision, with a deadline set for next Friday.
The match played on December 21, 2025, which was abandoned in the 58th minute following crowd trouble at Dandora Stadium.
In the Gor Mahia had taken the lead through Ebenezer Adu-Kwaw shortly before halftime. Nairobi United equalised immediately after the break through Ovella Ochieng sparking wild celebrations among the home supporters.
It is then when chaos erupted in the stands as rival fans clashed. Security personnel struggled to restore order, forcing match officials to stop the game citing safety concerns for players, officials, and spectators.
A FKF committee that sat on January 30 ruled that the match had been abandoned due to force majeure circumstances beyond the referee’s control and upheld the 1–1 scoreline at the time of abandonment as the official result. As a result, both teams were awarded one point each.
. Dissatisfied, Nairobi United challenged the ruling at the Tribunal.
The club filed an urgent appeal asking the tribunal to review FKF’s decision. The tribunal certified the case as urgent and issued temporary orders suspending the implementation of the FKF decision. It also halted disciplinary proceedings linked to the incident pending the determination of the appeal.
In its final determination on Friday, the SDT, in its move to annul FKF’s earlier decision, directed the LLC to determine the fresh case under the Rules and Regulations Governing Kenyan Football (2019), and not those from 2025, which were used to determine the initial ruling, but were not in effect, nor agreed upon by clubs at the beginning of the 2025-2026 FKF Premier League season.
Under the 2019 regulations, clubs bear significant responsibility for crowd behaviour and stadium safety.
At the same time, the SDT ruled that the FKF Disciplinary Committee, in its current form, stood as an illegal body, stripping away its rights to adjudicate on matters, as it had not been ratified by the FKF General Assembly.
