The Sports Registrar has requested 12-time Kenyan champions, AFC Leopards to withdraw the notice for club elections and consider going to the polls in June 2026.Follow our WhatsApp channel for more newsIngwe members have been gearing up to elect and usher in new office bearers on Sunday, 26 June, this year, but it now appears that the current executive will remain in charge for another 12 months. Fans divided over Victor Wanyama’s desire to return to Harambee StarsHowever,in a letter addressed to outgoing chairman Dan Shikanda, Sports Registrar Rose Wasike urged the club to consider shelving the exercise as the current executive had not yet exhausted its four-year term.She cited the Second Schedule of the Sports Act under Paragraph C and as clarified and expounded under regulation No. 20(6) of the Sports Registrar Regulations for the move which could potentially open the floor for legal battles.”The newly elected office bearers shall hold office for a period of four years and may be elected for one more term,” quoted the letter.With this in mind, Wasike advised the club to cancel the upcoming polls and adhere to the four-year term limit which contrasts what the Leopards Constitution stimulates.Before the letter dated 26 May, Leopards executive members were serving a three-year term and could only offer themselves for re-election once.”It is important and prudent that the four-year term is adhered by the club. Further, since the last election the club held was on 26 June 2022, and the term of four year is yet to lapse, it is my request that the notice issued for the upcoming election of 29 June 2025 by the Ag. Secretary be withdrawn and a fresh one issued next year when the election date is near: taking into consideration that the next election is due on 26 June 2026,” added the letter.This comes barely a day after the Leopards leadership released the rather hefty fees aspirants for various positions would part with, along with other requirements to be met by both the voters and those seeking mandate. How much it costs to run for AFC Leopards elective postsFurther, this is in the wake of Shikanda’s announcement, on his social media accounts and other channels, that he is in the final days of his tenure, having served two terms of three years each. Boost for promotion hunting Mitukuyu United as Mozzart Bet delivers sporting equipmentFurther, Wasike advised the oldest club in the country to review it’s Constitution so as to align with the relevant laws and expand the executive. “My final advice is that the Club’s Constitution be reviewed further to align with the relevant laws and include office bearers missing out like the Deputy Vice Chairman, Assistant Secretary, the Assistant Treasurer, Athletes Representative, the Organising Secretary and Women Representative among others,” offered Wasike.
