Kenya's national soccer team Harambee Stars may not travel to Tunisia for its World Cup/Africa Nations Cup on Monday as planned after the government failed to fund the trip, xinhua reports.

Sports Secretary Wilson Lang' at confirmed that an earlier plan to have the Kenyan side camp in the Maghreb country would not be financed by the government and instead asked Football Kenya, the local body in charge of the sport to carry its responsibility.

In a country, where football leadership is in contestation between two factions, Kenya Football Federation (KFF) and Football Kenya (FKL), the news of governments withdrawal might not be a surprise just days after Sports minister Helen Sambili received a special report seeking to establish the legal office bearers.

Football Kenya senior vice chairman Erustus Okul accused Sports Ministry of refusing to finance Harambee Stars expenses in spite of receiving a budget.

"We handed in a budget but they said no. Now we cannot buy air tickets for the team. We risk getting a ban and penalty fine from FIFA if the team fails to travel," said Okul.

Sports secretary Wilson Lang'at, however, noted that they only wanted FKL to come clean over their funds and expenditure. The sports ministry had spent three million Kenyan shillings (about 40,000 U.S. dollars) on Harambee Stars' trip to Maputo in the last qualifier match.

"We received the budget late on Wednesday. We need to consult with our accounting officers before any money can be disbursed. The team cannot travel on Monday (October 5). We first have to resolve some issues," he said.

Lang'at said wondered how FKL's used its income.

The income includes the 250,000 U.S. dollars annual FIFA financial assistance, 360,000 dollars broadcast rights sale to Sport Five and the over 133,000 (Sh10 millions) raised through ticket sales for Kenya's home qualifying matches against Tunisia and Mozambique.

"We want to find out what they have done with the money they have received. Where are they taking this money?" Lang' at asked.

Lang'at said the Government had spent a lot of money on Harambee Stars and was looking for accountability from FKL.

The government has indeed been funding most of Harambee Stars' expenditure in the 2010 qualifiers including allowances for the players, air tickets, accommodation and even the high salaries of German coach Antoine Hey and his assistant Kamal Halat pegged at about 70,000 dollars monthly.

The team had planned to travel on Monday for Tunis and link up with the European based players.