The announcement of the men's under-17 national team's failure to participate in their 2015 African U-17 Championship qualification match against South Sudan was met very negatively by Kenyan football fans, and questioned the administration of current Football Kenya Federation president Sam Nyamweya.

[1] On 10 July 2013, it was announced that the Football Kenya Federation introduced a new league system to take effect from the beginning of the season.

The 2014 Kenyan National Super League season began on 15 March and concluded on 2 November.

In the preliminary round, Gor Mahia faced 2012–13 Gabon Championnat National D1 champions US Bitam over two legs, played on 8 and 16 February.

In the first round, Gor Mahia faced 2012–13 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runners-up and 2011 CAF Champions League winners Espérance de Tunis over two legs, played on 1 and 10 March.

Leopards faced 2012–13 Nedbank Cup runners-up SuperSport United over two legs, played on 1 and 9 March.

In the group stage, Gor Mahia were drawn in Group B alongside Ugandan club Kampala Capital City Authority, Rwandan giants A.P.R., Burundian side Atlético Olympic and Djibouti Télécom of Djibouti.

The announcement was met very negatively by Kenyan football fans, who questioned the administration of current FKF president Sam Nyamweya.

Among the concerned parties was former FC Talanta executive director Jérôme J. Dufourg, who claimed he was jailed and then deported from Kenya after speaking out against mismanagement of funds by the FKF in 2013.

[1] This followed earlier pushes for Nyamweya's removal from several others as early as 2012,[6][7] and anti-corruption investigations carried out against him and other FKF officials in 2013.