FKF polls stalemate as County body challenges Electoral Code
Football Kenya Federation’s (FKF) roadmap to the 2024 polls has suffered its first setback after the County Football Association (CFA) challenged the set of laws that will govern the exercise.
This follows a move by CFA Nairobi branch secretary Wilfred Marori to urge Sports Registrar Rose Wasike to bar FKF from using the electoral code that was previously used in the 2020 elections.
The CFA is a body recognised by the government.
“It has come to our concern that our national sports organisation (FKF) called for a National Executive Committee (NEC) on January 6, 2024, which decided that the Electoral code used in the 2020 polls will be used in the coming elections late this year for what they termed as consistency and transparency purposes,” read part of Marori’s letter.
“I want to bring to your attention that: i) The FKF Electoral Code 2020 was challenged in the Sports Disputes Tribunal ruling no 5 of 2020 and it was found not suitable for use.
Marori further asserts that the Electoral code that FKF intends to use is not aligned to the laws of the land.
“The said Electoral Code is not aligned with Sports Registrar Regulation Act 2016, taking in consideration that FKF is registered under sports act 2013 article 47 and evident in article 1.1 of the FKF constitution 2017 which states that: FKF is an organisation of an associative nature registered in Kenya in compliance with the Sports Act No. 25 of 2013 as a National Sports Organization.
“FKF has not registered even a single branch.iv) The same illegalities done in 2020 are being repeated and you reminded FKF through their CEO in the letter you wrote to him on October 15, 2020 (attached below) hence we are afraid the same mistakes are going to be repeated.
“We hereby advise that you regulate the conducts of the Football Kenya Federation in accordance with the laws of Kenya in regards to the coming FKF elections and arbitrate the registration dispute between county football associations and Football Kenya Federation before matters get worse.”
Following some push and shove among stakeholders, FKF recently kick started the election exercise by calling on the NEC members to approve the code and the timelines.
Thus, an Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for March 2024, paving the way for the polls which will tentatively to be held in October 2024.
Aspirants who have declared interest in the FKF presidency include former boss Sam Nyamweya, Tom Alila, Lordvick Aduda, and former footballer Samuel Kempes Owino.
Though Extreme Sports Chief Eexcutive Hussein Mohammed has not publicly announced his candidature, he is said to be in the running.
FKF president Nick Mwendwa has served two, four-year terms and is barred by the law from contesting.
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