FKF Elections: Presidential candidate lays down suggestions to end impasse
Football Kenya Federation presidential candidate Twaha Mbarak has suggested ways in which the current impasse surrounding the upcoming elections can be settled.
Mbarak's reactions come after FKF failed to hold its annual general meeting that was set for Saturday but had to be postponed following a court injunction.
According to the football administrator, there are only six ways that can help navigate the turbulent times at FKF.
"FKF must align its constitution with the Sports Act 2013 to avoid this kind of confusion which keeps recurring.
"FIFA should appoint a normalization committee which will ensure compliance, fill the vacuum, spearhead the preparation for CHAN and AFCON in conjunction with the government, and eventually organize a free and fair election.
"FKF should make their audited accounts public for scrutiny instead of bribing delegates to pass what they have not seen. Stakeholders should rise up to defend the game. Before this regime came to power, we were number 86 in the FIFA ranking. Our position is now triple digit.
"FKF should stop micromanaging the clubs. All branches of FKF must be audited," Mbarak said in a statement.
The Bandari FC top official also called out the current FKF leadership, saying they are arrogant and this will only make the situation worse.
“Rigidity and chest-thumping shown by the FKF officials have continuously brought confusion to Kenyan football, with the recent aborted AGM worsening the already bad situation.
"The officials vividly understand what is bedevilling our game, but their inability to adjust to reality and the incompetence of most of them continue to drive our game down the drain," he added.
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He added that the current office has worked against its own constitution and that they have misled FIFA regarding the realities on the ground.
“It saddens most of the stakeholders to see the same officials mandated to spearhead the game to greater heights, misinforming the world governing body FIFA on the realities on the ground for the sake of their selfish ends.
"Some National Executive Members (NEC) hip hop from one court to another, trying to either tamper with justice, defend illegalities by circumventing the law, or create confusion for their gains,
“The FKF officials continue to disregard the Kenyan Constitution, which was aimed at curbing the confusion that has existed in this country for over 20 years, by misusing FIFA statutes to exhibit dictatorship, a lack of patriotism, and segregation," continued Mbarak.
To him, the current FKF administration cannot organise free and fair elections.
“They are unable to organize free and fair elections because of the tainted image the officials have. If the elections are to be fair, then the current regime will face the wrath of Kenyans," he concluded.
