Nairobi Star (Nairobi)
Mosoku Geoffrey
14 July 2011
Youth leaders in Nairobi are warning that the forthcoming football elections may not be fair if a criteria used to select delegates is not reviewed. They youths claimed that a list of participating clubs have already been manipulated to favour two candidates.
Led by SUPKEM’s secretary for Youth Affairs Hashim Kamau, the youth demanded that the government oversees the selection of lists. “We have been informed reliably that one of the candidates brought a list of 2500 clubs while the other brought another list of 1200 clubs,” “This clearly shows that theirs is a calculated move to four the same candidates,” Hashim told reporters yesterday at press conference at a city hotel.
Instead, the youths said the government through its sports officer should draw up the list of genuine clubs that qualify to take part in the elections. “Why cant the government through district sports officers come up with a list of
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