Where did it all start? The match-fixing scandal first rocked Harambee Stars following the publication of Fifa’s preliminary investigation. It also indicated that more players could have been involved than initially thought, with all of them having featured for the national soccer team between 2005 to 2013.
In a 10-page preliminary report dated September 2018, Fifa accused Harambee Stars defender George Owino Audi of masterminding match manipulation with one ”high-profile international match-fixer Mr. Wilson Raj Perumal,” between 2009 and 2011.
However, from the report, Fifa cites 14 matches which Owino featured in and which they are investigating. Fifa also mentions a Pascal, a Julius and an Edgar, who all featured for Harambee Stars during the said period.
According to FIFA, Owino through a series of email allegedly engaged in unethical conduct by appearing to have conspired in order to play under instructions for match manipulation purposes.
Owino, who left Mathare United after his contract expired in December last year, said he knew nothing about the investigations when contacted for comment by the Nation Sport on Monday.
“Let’s wait for Fifa to call me over the same then I can speak. For now I do not know anything. I am hearing it from you for the first time,” he said.
Only now that he he know he has been banned for ten good years and also slapped with a Ksh 1.5M.