According to the Federation, Talanta failed to present a women’s team or show an agreement with an existing team, an item that is mandatory in the new club licensing rules from CAF.

The club has however been given a license to participate in this season’s top flight, but must pay the hefty fine. This comes barely a month after the Communications Authority, during the Sports Ministry’s Night of Champions celebrations, vowed more and improved support to the team which suffered massive financial challenges last season.

Talanta players had been on several go slows most of the season due to unpaid salaries and allowances, but sources intimate that all the arrears were dealt with at the end of the season.

They are the second Kenyan club to pay the heavy burden of failing to adhere to club licensing rules, after league champions Gor Mahia were dumped out of the CAF Champions League for dues owed to its former players, and hence denied a license.

All clubs were needed to fulfil five key pillars in the Club Licensing platform; sporting, infrastructure, personnel and administration, legal and financial.

All club personnel were needed to provide necessary certifications and qualifications.