Former Football Kenya Federation president Sam Nyamweya intensified his hunt for votes ahead of the on and off FKF elections over the weekend with a meeting with Mombasa County stakeholders yesterday.
A separate meeting in Kisumu County also resolved to back the former long-time administrator with FKF set for a Special General Meeting at Safari park tomorrow.
The agenda of the meeting will be the on and off elections.
Nyamweya has assembled a team of veteran football administrators including referees, coaches and former players in his push to return to Kandanda House.
Kisumu All Stars international player Nicholas Ochieng’ was endorsed as the Kisumu County chairman while Joshua Ogonji is his vice. Kassim Ochieng’ is the secretary.
In a meeting which Nyamweya attended along with veteran coast soccer administrator Twaha Mbarak, Ali Goshi who is the Mombasa interim County Chairman vowed to Nyamweya’s candidature for the FKF presidency.
Meanwhile, a Kenyan Premier League club has petitioned FKF to halt tomorrow’s SGM claiming it is against the federation statutes and instead institute a dispute resolution mechanism to chart the way forward.
The letter addressed to the federation secretary-general further stated: “That the term of the 40 FKF branch officials representing the 20 FKF branches for four years comes to an end on January 26, 2020 having been elected in the office on January 26, 2016. Therefore the 40 officials from the 20 branches listed to attend the SGM of January 28 by virtue of the fact that their term will have expired and therefore any business or deliberations by them at the SGM will be null and void.”
“Based on the issues raised, the SGM of January 28, 2020, cannot transact procedurally and legally due to the fundamental and procedural branches of FKF statutes,” the club stated in their letter.
