Football Kenya Federation Electoral Board members from left: Dan Mule, Merceline Sande, Hesbon Owilla, James Waindi and Alfred Ngang’a during their unveiling at the Kempinski Hotel in Nairobi on September 23, 2024.
We have suffered enough to know that all roads out of the crisis in local football lead via a total overhaul of the people currently driving it.
They must therefore get into a different trajectory – one of urgent leadership, and recognition of the unpleasant precipice on which we are all standing. It is not only possible – it is necessary.
No iron law of politics says a federation cannot recover from decades of poor leadership. So don’t write Hussein Mohammed or the other presidential hopefuls off too quickly because of the long game Nick Mwendwa insists on playing.
Also, don’t kid yourself that this will be just another selection process where Kenyan football stakeholders will accept a bungled process without a word. The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) electoral board has its work cut out, and because we’ve seen this movie before, we know the dangers that lie in plain sight and will quickly notice the slip-ups in the sequel.
