Football Kenya Federation (FKF) vice president MacDonald Mariga has been expelled from the National Executive Committee (NEC), alongside six other members, following a Special General Meeting (SGM) held in Meru on Saturday,7 November.The former Inter Milan midfielder was among seven NEC members ousted after delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of their removal at the meeting chaired by FKF president Hussein Mohammed.##NAJAVA_MECA_10095197##A total of 65 delegates voted to revoke Mariga's position, with AFC Leopards chairman Boniface Ambani emerging as the sole delegate to oppose the motion.The other six officials expelled are Dan Shikanda (Nairobi), Collins Kalee (Nyanza), Bernard Lagat (Rift Valley), Violet Kerubo (Women's Representative), Robert Macharia (Central) and Gabriel Mghendi (Coast).Speaking after the resolutions were passed, Hussein maintained that all seven officials had been given an opportunity to defend themselves before Congress but failed to respond to the invitations."Just for the record, all the seven members of NEC who the Congress has taken action on today were invited to give submissions. None of them did. They never responded in writing. They never sent a representative. They were asked to even nominate a legal representative, but they never did," said the FKF headKakamega Homeboyz midfielder reveals reason for slow league startWest Pokot FKF chairman and meeting convenor Kibet Kaino presented the charges against the seven officials, citing alleged repeated violations of the FKF Constitution.Among the accusations were taking the federation to court, claiming to have suspended the FKF president and engaging in what was described as illegal communication with third parties.The voting results showed that Mariga, Shikanda, Mghendi and Macharia were each expelled after securing 65 votes in favour of their removal against one vote opposed.STARS ABROAD: Olunga, Wilson feature as Qatari, Welsh sides register contrasting resultsKerubo, Kalee and Lagat received 64 votes in favour of their expulsion, with two delegates voting against the motion in each case.Congress further resolved tht the expulsions take immediate effect.The decisive resolutions came after a chaotic morning at the Three Steers Hotel, the venue of the meeting, where rival factions engaged in heated exchanges that eventually drew the intervention of police officers from the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU).##NAJAVA_MECA_10095213##The confrontation escalated to the point where tear gas filled parts of the hotel as opposing groups traded accusations and engaged in a war of words.