Fans of the national team have despaired over the state of the game in Kenya

Ochilo Ayacko rebuked members of the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) after a dispute over the appointment of a general secretary turned violent.

KFF acting general secretary Titus Kasuve and second vice-chairman Erastus Okul were attacked on Monday by people armed with metal bars and machetes.

The pair had opposed the appointment of Moni Wekesa as the new KFF general secretary.

Wekesa had been named to the post by international auditors KPMG under an arrangement with Fifa, aimed at bringing order to the administration of football in the East African country.

"Such confrontations have not helped to develop soccer," Ayacko said.

"They discourage sponsors and they negate all the efforts of instilling discipline among football players.

"When your national team is going to play a crucial fixture like this one facing the Harambee Stars, with all the attendant odds, the last thing one would expect is an attack on the federation officials," Ayacko said.

"We cannot allow such hooliganism to creep into the management of football."

Kenya face Tunisia in a World Cup qualifier in Tunis on Wednesday.

Kasuve and Okul suffered head and hand injuries at the hands of the gang after they returned to the KFF offices at the Nyayo National Stadium, after seeing the Kenyan team depart for Wednesday's match.

Okul remained in a Nairobi hospital on Wednesday while Kasuve was discharged.

Police said they have not arrested anyone for the attack.