NAIROBI, Jan 15: Kenyan government has dissolved the country's governing cricket body and set up an interim committee to run the sport, pending fresh elections in April.

Sports Minister Ochilo Ayacko accused Kenya Cricket Association (KCA) of financial mismanagement, failing to resolve a long-standing feud with national team players and being too slow in drawing up a new constitution.

"KCA purports to officially promote sport of cricket in Kenya and receives a lot of financial support for this purpose," Ayacko said in a statement. "It has been doing so without an elected office since 1997 and today cannot account for huge sums of monies received," he said.

The interim committee is led by a member of Kenya National Sports Council, Isaac Kalua, who has been heading an Independent Review Commission of KCA constitution that was launched last October. Other members include Samir Inamdar and Salim Dhanji, two Officials of Coast Cricket Association. -PPI