Nick Mwendwa left his role as the FKF president of the Football Kenya Federation.
In a letter addressed to the National Executive Committee on November 29, the troubled Mwendwa said he had arrived at the decision to transfer the functions of FKF president to his deputy Doris Petra.
In light of the foregoing, particularly the arrests and detentions, which have adversely affected my family and personal business, I have asked my vice president, Doris Petra, to assume all functions of the president, according to Article 42 8 of the FKF constitution.
Legal issues are bound to arise from this letter, considering Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed recently disbanded FKF in accordance with the Sports Act.
Mwendwa wrote a letter appointing Petra as president comes hours after he was charged with four counts of fraud and released on a Sh 10 million bail. He is reported to have walked to freedom at around 7: 30 pm Tuesday.
Mwendwa was slapped with stringent bail terms, including depositing his passport in court, not accessing the FKF office, and not offering media interviews in relation to the case for its duration.
He was elected FKF president for the first time in February 2016 and was reelected for a second five year term on October.