Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has sent a warning to other sports federations after Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections.FKF held its long awaited FKF elections were finally held on Saturday 7 December after postponement and a series of court battles.##NAJAVA_MECA_8556165##Team Fresh’s Hussein Mohamed was elected as the new FKF president with former Harambee Stars and Inter Milan midfielder McDonald Mariga as his deputy. The two will be mandated to run the country’s football affairs for at least the next four years.Outgoing president Nick Mwendwa’s 8-year term was over but in a clever way made a swap with his deputy, Doris Petra in the elections after he was denied a chance to vie for a third term by the Sports Act.New FKF boss warned against pettiness and dismissing dissenting voicesThe former Elgeyo Marakwet Senator put on notice other federations who have equally not held elections in accordance with the law.“This should send a message to all federations who frustrate efforts to hold elections that their time is up. Good governance in our sports is not negotiable,” reads part of a post by Murkomen on his social media accounts after the elections.The CS who had undertaken to solve the election debacle at federations and FKF in particular took pride after the elections were held successfully.“I made a solemn promise during my vetting for this docket that I would unlock the election impasse in the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and that we shall enforce the law of term limits. That promise has been fulfilled today following the election of new office bearers of FKF,” the post continued Michira nets twice as Shabana complete sensational comebackThe former university don also congratulated the newly elected officials and assured them of the government’s support in the quest to take football to greater heights.“Congratulations Hussein Mohammed and McDonald Mariga on your election today as the President and Vice President of FKF respectively. Congratulations to all other elected office bearers. I have not an iota of doubt that you’re the best possible team that will inject new dynamism, energy and fresh ideas into the management of our football. I wish to assure you that the government will give you all the support you need to take our football to the next level,” he stated.Paul Jawa ends Kariobangi Sharks’ misery in win over Posta
