The female national team of Kenya head coach David Ouma has omitted some of the key players in the squad ahead of their clash against the Black Queens of Ghana.
Kenya travel to Accra for the first leg of the final round of qualifiers for Tokyo 2020.
However, keys players like Cheris Avilia, Neddy Atieno, Sweden based duo of Mary Kinuthia and Christine Nafula, Israel based Esse Akida, Wendy Achieng and Elizabeth Ambogo have been dropped for the crucial game.
Cheris Avilla criticized the coach for dropping her and explains most of the experienced players were pulled out of the team because of their complaints of unpaid bonuses.
“It was so painful for us to be excluded after the sacrifices to fly the national flag high, maybe because of the allowances the federation owes us. FKF owes each payer who took part in the previous tournaments including AWCON 2016, COSAFA which was held in Zimbabwe in 2017 and 2018 AWCON qualifiers as well as international friendly matches. The amounts are as high as Sh. 100,000 for each player,” said Avilia, the scorer of the goal that sent Kenya to their debut AWCON.
Kenya knocked out Malawi in the first round of qualifiers while Ghana thrash Gabon 5-0 on aggregate.