Moni Wekesa, the general secretary of the Kenya Football Federation (KFF), knows his country is running a desperate race against the clock.
The East African country has only three months to restore adminstrative order or face Fifa sanctions.
Officials of football's governing body, fed up of the political infighting between members of the KFF, made it clear to BBC Sport the country is in the last chance saloon.
"Of course Fifa is tired of dealing with the problems in Kenya," admits Wekesa, who spoke to BBC Sport at the Fifa Congress which took place in the Moroccan town of Marrakech.
"A time may come when sanctions can be imposed on us.
"But luckily enough Fifa is not ready to punish the innocent individuals who love football in Kenya, which is why they are giving us more time to put things in order.
"There is a meeting scheduled for the 22nd of October, at which many useful decisions [for Kenyan football] will be arrived at."
Although Wekesa and Alfred Sambu remain general secretary and chairman of the KFF, with Fifa's backing, both men have faced stiff opposition from their opponents, who claim they have no support from the Kenyan football community.
Titus Kasuve, who belongs to the faction that recognises Hussein Swaleh and Mohammed Hatimy as the KFF general secretary and chairman, insists the vote to remove Sambu as chairman was legitimate, even though Fifa ordered that the meeting must not take place.
The meeting, which Fifa ruled as illegal, had the backing of Kenyan Sports Minister Ochillo Ayacko, who accused Sambu of being unfit to run football in Kenya.
"We were never aware that Fifa had outlawed that meeting," Kasuve, the former acting KFF general secretary, told BBC Sport in Marrakech.
"Besides, I think that Fifa was misinformed. There was no provision in the consitutution of the KFF for this meeting to be cancelled."
Kasuve and Swaleh travelled to Morocco to represent Kenya at the congress of football's governing body.
But they were turned back by Fifa officials, who informed them that only the delegation led by Wekesa could represent the interests of Kenyan football in Marrakech.
"Fifa should take some time and understand the Kenyan situation. I don't think they have taken enough time to do so," Kasuve pleaded.
"Fifa should not babysit Kenya and involve themselves in every little problem...They should give us six months to sort our problems out."
Wekesa, not unsurprisingly, says that no compromise can be made with the group he claims is out to ruin the sport in Kenya.
"This faction has disobeyed directives from the Confederation of African Football and Fifa [on Kenyan football], so they have excluded themselves from football matters," he insists.
Although Wekesa was mysteriously barred from watching Kenya's last World Cup qualifier against Tunisia and has been unable to work from the KFF offices, he is determined to change the landscape of the game in Kenya.
"I am just enjoying the challenges of managing football here. They more they come my way, the stronger I feel.
"I am willing to soldier on. I am sure when people know who cares for football, the other side would be made to shut up."
MMIX
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Fifa is tired of dealing with the problems in Kenya