FIFA appoints CAF security chief to ensure fan ban at Kenya-Tunisia clash

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2005

NAIROBI (AFP) — FIFA has appointed the security chief of the African football federation to ensure that its ban on fans at this weekend's World Cup qualifier between Kenya and Tunisia is respected, officials said.

Egyptian national Adnan El Guindy, head of security for the Confederation of African Football (CAF), will oversee a large deployment of Kenyan security forces for Saturday's Africa zone Group Five match in Nairobi, they said.

His presence is intended to bolster FIFA's punishment of Kenya for unruly behavior by a home crowd at a June match against Morocco in which one person was killed and 15 people wounded in a stampede at Nyayo National Stadium, they said.

"FIFA's main concern is that they have punished Kenya and they want the punishment to be...