Leopards boss wants a playoff to break FKF deadlock

Ambani's proposal, made public on September 23, 2026, is being pitched as a way to break the impasse that has stopped the league in its tracks, according to Capital Sports. The suggestion is simple on paper: let Sharks and Mombasa United settle the matter on the pitch rather than in a boardroom.

What exactly triggered the standoff isn't detailed in the reporting so far, but the effect is clear enough. The league's progression has stalled, and with it any real clarity on where the title race and the wider competition structure stand this season.

Not everyone's convinced

Ambani's idea has already run into resistance, per Capital Sports, though the specific objections and who exactly is raising them haven't been laid out in full. That opposition is arguably the more interesting part of this story: a playoff sounds tidy from the outside, but somebody inside Kenyan football clearly isn't buying it as the answer.

For a league already dealing with a halt in play, adding a contested proposal on top doesn't exactly speed things up. AFC Leopards, as a club with its own stake in how the season eventually resolves, weighing in this publicly puts Ambani's name and reputation on the line if the idea goes nowhere.

What happens next

The FKF hasn't been reported as endorsing or rejecting the playoff idea outright, which leaves Kenyan football in a familiar holding pattern: a proposal on the table, opposition already forming, and a league that still isn't moving. Whether Sharks and Mombasa United ever actually meet in the fixture Ambani has in mind depends on what the federation decides to do with a suggestion it didn't ask for.