Stop Embarassing Kenyan Football

Twaha Mbarak has been gaining momentum in his campaign as the next FKF president. The Mombasa based businessman has visited several counties trying to make his claim and ideology as the appropriate next FKF president known. He aims to improve the grassroots level football across the country and allowing equal opportunity for national team selection. Being the president would allow him to fix the present issues with FKF board and Kenyan football: lack of transparency and integrity in management, unequal sponsorship for women and men’s football.

FKF elections

Various positions will be contested for in the upcoming FKF elections with the presidential seat the main topic. This will be Mbarak’s second time, since 2011, vying for the FKF presidential seat in the oncoming elections. As an aspirant he is to tried for his persuasive power, critical thinking and problem solving capabilities to prevent issue that have been brought to light in Kenyan Football. He is bound to face competition from Milton Nyakundi, a former sports reporter with the Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation (KBC) and People’s Daily.

FIFA suspends football activities in Kenya

Kenya was kicked out of 2023 African Cup of Nations(AFCON) qualifiers following the decision by FIFA to suspend the country from footballing activities; meaning despite winning the domestic league the club will not be able to participate in continental stage, CAF Champions league. This was following the decision by the ministry of Sports, through the Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohammed to disband Nick Mwendwa and his team, and installing a caretaker committee instead. Moreover, Kenya failed to reinstate the disbanded FKF as well as failing to reopen the Kandanda House.

FKF issues after Nick’s reign

Issues with Tv rights, competition rights and lucrative sponsorship deals to sustain and improve local football clubs has been apparent. A firm example is the financial failings of Mathare United Football club, a talent hub for Kenyan football, is forfeiting game after game.

After the disbandment of Nick Mwendwa led team limited resources were reported. The Premier League clubs were pocketing Ksh 833,000 from BetKing and Startimes sponsorships while the National Super League clubs were promised Ksh 750,000 from Betika. These amounts were later scaled down to Sh 400,000 and Sh 300,000 meaning loss of the BetKing Premier League(BKPL) and BetKing Division One League sponsorships following Nick’s suspension and dismissal. Moreover, the FKF caretaker Committee had agreed to only provide Ksh 300,000 for each Premier League Club and Sh 250,000 for each NSL club which was below the Ksh 2 Million that clubs requested to be able to operate at full potential.

Twaha’s insight from Anfield

Twaha Mbarak was at Anfield yesterday as he watched Liverpool beat wolves, courtesy of goals from Sadio Mane’s brace and Robertson ending the game 3-1 win. After associating with the team after the game he went as far as to confirm that he had a chat with Divock Original who said he is likely to be at AC Milan, the current Serie A Champions, next season.