The Kenyan Premier League (KPL) has launched investigations into an incident where a gun-toting man ventured into the pitch on Sunday thereby endangering the lives of fans and the football fraternity in general.
In a statement send to news rooms and posted on their official Twitter handle, KPL termed the incident as unfortunate and sad.
PRESS RELEASE | Gun incident at the Green Stadium, Kericho pic.twitter.com/LpD7VPDcOs
— KPL (@TheOfficialKPL) September 17, 2018
This was at the end of a SportPesa Premier League match between Zoo and Bandari at the Kericho Green Stadium on Sunday which ended in a one-all stalemate.
The man has since been identified only as “Wycliffe”, an administration police officer attached to Ainamoi Member of Parliament Sylvanus Maritim and a former Chemelil and Zoo Kericho goalkeeper.
“We will write to the IG to look into the matter further with the aim of ensuring that this does not happen again as all licensed gun-holders are under his jurisdiction,” a statement from KPL read in part.