Nairobi Star (Nairobi)
Fred Arocho
22 June 2011
Chairmanship candidate in the forthcoming football elections, Sammy Sholei has given the Independent Electoral Board (IEB) a 7-day ultimatum to announce the polls date.
Sholei said failure to do this, he and other stakeholders will embark on a nationwide mass action, starting on Thursday next week. “We are demanding as Kenyans, football lovers and aspirants for the Kenya football national elective positions that the date for elections be released within 7 days lest we take action,” said Sholei.
“We have been campaigning for almost one year now in anticipation of the elections that were due last April but this has not happened. These elections have been postponed severally, and the promises have been broken time and time again. Football lovers and stakeholders are beginning to see a pattern of indecision, which is causing a lot of unnecessary anxiety,” he said.
He said the mass action will be peaceful demonstrations on the streets to pressurize for the release of the said dates and if need be take over the running of Kenya Football as an interim office until the elections are held. “We are requesting FIFA to cease and desist all communication to the incumbent office, given the fact that their tenure over,” he said.
He also called on the minister for sports Paul Otuoma to crack the whip as promised earlier this year.
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