By GILBERT WANDERA
With football elections now confirmed after the release of the electoral code, more prospective candidates are coming out to announce their intentions to vie for posts.
The latest candidate is former AFC Leopards Secretary General Robert Asembo.
Asembo announced on Sunday that he is eying one of the executive committee posts during the polls whose date is yet to be fixed.
"I did a lot for Leopards and now its time to transfer the same success to the national level," he said.
Attractive sponsorship
It is during Asembo’s term that Leopards attractive the sponsorship from Mumias Sugar company and also the players received a comprehensive insurance cover for the players.
Asembo, however, took issue with the Independent Electoral Board (IEB) for publishing what he termed as a defective code.
The Nairobi lawyer said some of the contents in the code can be challenged in a court of law and called for their review.
"Unless some of them are removed, it will not be possible to hold the elections. The board should avoid anything that opens up the process for challenge by an aggrieved party," he said.
Asembo thanked Sports Minister Paul Otuoma for stepping in to prevail upon the board to remove a requirement that those contesting for the elective posts during the forthcoming football polls be of a certain age.
Age barrier
"It is good that the age barrier was removed but many more such punitive requirements will need to be expunged to make the process credible," he added.
Football Kenya Limited boss Mohammed Hatimy has already threatened to go to court if he is locked out by virtue of his position as an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) nominated Councillor.
Elsewhere, Rachel Kamweru has also formally appealed to the IEB and Fifa over the exclusion of women from vying for elective posts during the elections.
The code stipulates that women candidates will be nominated in the executive committee but Kamweru said it is discriminative and wants everyone allowed to stand for election.
She said this is the only way to make women feel part of the electoral process during the exercise.
