Candidates eyeing to oust Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa can afford a smile after the Electoral Board amended the eligibility criteria initially deemed unfair. “The eligibility criteria— Section 4 of the 2020 Electoral Code— is unreasonable and designed to lock out potential aspirants. However, despite rolling their sleeves,eight aspirants warned the board to desist from planning the polls, claiming that they did not powers to issue any regulations or road-map on FKF elections. If something comes up again, we will leave that to the dispute resolution mechanisms and an appeals board,” she said. Meanwhile,Tom Alila who is pursuing to succeed Mwendwa threatened to head to the tribunal should the board fail to update the voter register.

Source: The Star August 12, 2020 01:52 UTC