Western Stima sponsor Kenya Power has directed the club to terminate players’ contracts citing lack of finances to cater for their salaries and allowances.
The Kisumu based outfit have begun to feel the heat as one of their officials, who did not want to be mentioned, revealed that the sponsor was pushing to have the players contracts terminated even without issuing a notice.
The official, who is a former player of the club said he had not shared the information with the players for fear of litigation and unfair termination of their contracts.
He, however hinted that the sponsor cleared the January dues but was uncertain of paying February and other coming months.
‘’They have verbally told us to terminate the contracts of the players but I am yet to sharw the communication with them because their input on match days will dwindle.
‘’The sponsor is not willing to follow the due process and I fear the players will gang up and sue us for wrongful dismissal.
‘’The only advantage we have is that we have paid the January salaries and allowances but things don’t look good going forward,’’ Said the official.
Western Stima are unsure whether they’ll be able to honour their remaining fixtures in the Kenya Premier League. They currently sit 7th with 31 points.
The other affected clubs include National Super League sides Coast Stima and Nairobi Stima.
