FKF POLL: Ex-players, refs, coaches can contest

FKF delegates follows the proceeding during the Annual General Meeting at Sagret Hotel in Nairobi on August 28, 2015.[PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]

Football Kenya Federation delegates relaxed eligibility rules for candidates contesting for top positions in this year’s elections. The move will now allow retired referees, coaches and former players to vie for the top positions.

On the matter, delegates agreed to adopt Fifa’s provision which says in article 24 that a candidate for the office of the President shall have played an active role in Association Football (eg as a player or an official within Fifa, a Confederation, Association, for two of the last five years before being proposed as a candidate for President). Those who have been actively involved as officials or as a player for the last two years will be eligible to contest.