Newly-elected Football Kenya Federation President Hussein Mohammed has pledged to deliver on the promises he made during the campaigns and uplift the standards of the game in the country. Hussein was elected the new FKF boss during the national elections held on Saturday at the Kasarani Indoor Arena after garnering 67 in the rerun.He bagged 42 votes in round one with immediate former vice president Doris Petra securing 31 votes while former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Barry Otieno got 10, necessiting a second round of the exercise. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8559436##Despite Petra and Otieno pulling out the runoff and subsequently conceding, they both got a single vote as Hussein went on to gather 67 and was consequently, declared the winner after attaining the 50 percent plus one of the votes.The Extreme Sports Chief Executive Officer (CEO) promised to fix football, as promised during his spirited campaigns, and be transparent to the stakeholders. Hussein, who had been a fierce critic of the outgoing regime, consistently pledged to embrace integrity, improve player welfare and be transparent in his campaign trails. Full list of FKF poll results as Hussein Mohammed ushers in new dawn”During our campaigns, we were clear that we wanted to fix football and we wanted to start with governance. We must have the pillars of integrity, accountability and transparency in how we deal with FKF delegates, branches and everyone,” he said. The Murang’a Seal vice chairman pledged to bring all stakeholders on board for the development of the game, which he believes is in the right hands.”We will be accountable to Kenyans and we will be transparent with all our dealings. We will focus on grassroots football and we will work with everybody. I assure you, that football is in the right hands,” he added. LIVE BLOG: Hussein Mohammed wins 2024 FKF Presidential ElectionsHussein succeeds Nick Mwendwa, who had been at the helm of Kandanda House in the past nine years.Mwendwa, who had exhausted the two-term limit, was Petra’s running mate in the concluded elections.
