The head of football's world board set an October 17 date for the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) to implement reforms in an agreement they signed earlier this year meant to prevent government interference in its operations.

"It is with great concern that we note the worrying situation of Kenyan football," FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in a letter to KFF chief Alfred Sambu.

He noted problems with the management of the national side, the Harambee Stars, three football leagues, the federation's financial situation and the results of a probe into a violent power-struggle that shook the KFF last year.

Blatter said he was dismayed that the KFF had not acted on the 28 provisions of the agreement signed in Cairo in January, in which FIFA gave the federation more time to fix the troubles before acting on a threat to suspend it.

"FIFA have faithfully implemented its part of the Cairo agreement ... but observes that there has been limited or no implementation at all on the part of the KFF," he said in the letter a copy of which was obtained by AFP.

"Before bringing the case of the KFF to FIFA the Associations Committee scheduled to meet on 18 October, we would like to receive urgently the confirmation, in writing and in acts that the KFF implement the 28 points."

Under the Cairo deal, the federation agreed to form an independent company to run the leagues, but they remain enmeshed in controversy with clubs split into two camps.

Nine sides participate in Kenya Premier League Limited (KPL) while others are in the separate, KFF PL, run by the federation.

At the same time, six clubs have pulled out of the President's Cup league, amid fears that several others will quit.

KFF's recent problems have included losing seasons, deadly fan violence, physical attacks on rival KFF officials, a match-fixing allegation and clashes over the formation of KPL to run Kenyan football on a professional basis.

Sambu has been at loggerheads with the KFF executive committee after being expelled in a government-supported move but is still recognised by FIFA despite his ouster in September as FIFA forbids state meddling in the sport.

KFF's recent problems have included losing seasons, deadly fan violence, physical attacks on rival KFF officials, a match-fixing allegation and clashes over the formation of KPL to run Kenyan football on a professional basis.

Sambu said Friday the KFF was still trying to implement the Cairo agreement, but insisted it would not allow the KPL to run the sport.

"The only agreement we will not comply with is allowing KPL to run the league," he said. "Let them ban us for it but we won't allow it to happen."