Mwendwa assures FKF elections will be in October 2024

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) boss Nick Mwendwa has assured Kenyans that the long awaited federation’s elections will be held in October 2024.

Mwendwa, in his address during the FKF Awards Gala on Friday at a Nairobi hotel said the court barriers that had stopped the process are now out of the way.

In March 2024, the journey to the elections was stopped just before it gathered momentum, as the Annual General Meeting which should have given the road map to the crucial polls was stopped through a court order.

It is the case which had been filed by FKF’s Coast Region National Executive Council (NEC) member Gabriel Mghendi that had prompted journalist Milton Nyakundi to seek the order, arguing that until the court ruled on the case, the NEC could not convene an AGM.

That case has since been withdrawn, hence Mwendwa’s assurance.

“There are no more court cases, they are over. If you want to continue with the good job that has been going on, start preparing your papers we meet at the ballot in October,” a confident Mwendwa said.

In the meantime, former Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba has advised the federation to fast track the elections.

Speaking during the gala, Ababu who was chopped from the Cabinet by President William Ruto a week ago despite his arguably impressive show at the Ministry, underscored the need to clear the elections hurdle.

“My parting shot, FKF, the entire fraternity of FKF, you are sitting on a diamond mine. I implore that you make sure that the little issue of holding elections is sorted out. Make sure that the environment is clear and you run football in a manner that will make Kenya envy when it comes to football in this region.

“There is no reason why our players should be finding Tanzania a more attractive league than ours…” he said, adding that he had given guarantees to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) that Kenya will not disappoint in hosting African Cup of Nations 2027, as one of his last tasks before exiting the Ministry.

The FKF elections will be crucial in the AFCON 2027 journey, with other partners in the East African Pamoja bid - Tanzania and Uganda keenly watching the developments.