{"id":348585,"date":"2011-03-29T23:41:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T23:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-muthee-giving-omwela-a-fright-in-fight-for-union-chairmanship\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T23:41:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T23:41:06","slug":"kenya-muthee-giving-omwela-a-fright-in-fight-for-union-chairmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/kenya-muthee-giving-omwela-a-fright-in-fight-for-union-chairmanship\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Muthee Giving Omwela a Fright in Fight for Union Chairmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"123.75032900921\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Charles Ouko<\/p>\n<p>29 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Kenya Rugby Union supremo Richard Omwela faces a tough challenge from former Mwamba RFC boss Mwangi Muthee for the position of chairman in Tuesday&#8217;s union elections to be held at the Rugby Football Union of East Africa ground on Ngong Road.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU) since 1970, Tuesday&#8217;s AGM will be the first under the new name, KRU.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent Richard Omwela, 54, faces an intriguing battle for the chairmanship against rugby stalwart and ex-Kenya international Mike Mwangi Muthee, 49.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Omwela has been at the helm for eight years, and just before that he had served as the union&#8217;s secretary-general.<\/p>\n<p>University don and Kenya&#8217;s best ever back row player, Max Muniafu, 48, is the third candidate for the top position. Backed by his employers&#8217; club side USIU RFC, his candidature is likely to act as a &#8216;spoiler&#8217; of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>Three other directorships of the union&#8217;s eight are also vacant and have attracted eight candidates.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 31 affiliate clubs are expected to cast their vote. Delegates from top-tier Kenya Cup club sides have two votes each and the lower division club sides one.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_b div ---><\/p>\n<p>Since the last AGM, 13 new affiliates have joined KRU, the majority from outside Nairobi, and are expected to hold sway as the voting patterns of the older clubs are pretty well established.<\/p>\n<p>Omwela was nominated by the KRU board and Muthee by Kenyatta University&#8217;s Blak Blad and the University of Nairobi&#8217;s Mean Machine.<\/p>\n<p>The established voting affiliates are Nondescripts RFC, Impala RFC, Harlequins RFC, Mwamba RFC, Mean Machine RFC, Nakuru RFC, Strathmore RFC, KCB RFC, Mombasa RFC, BlakBlad RFC, Daystar University RFC, Kenya Poly RFC and USIU RFC.<\/p>\n<p>The first eight hold two votes each by virtue of their Kenya Cup status. Freshly-relegated Machine were a Kenya Cup side by the start of the season, a potential point of controversy.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_c div ---><\/p>\n<p>The new affiliates are Mbale RFC, Kisii RFC, Orynx RFC, Webuye RFC, Kakamega RFC, Siaya MTC RFC, Maseno University RFC, Masinde Muliro University RFC, Egerton University RFC, Moi University RFC, Homeboyz RFC, Kenya Methodist University RFC and KCA University RFC.<\/p>\n<p>All these have a vote at the polls. They, together with the rest of the affiliates, have voting status subject to their having honoured 75 per cent of their 2010 fixtures and being in good standing with the union by having their affiliation fees paid up to date.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting directors do not have a vote, although the four KRU officers have a vote each. The four officers, are in addition to Omwela, Fred &#8220;Niga&#8221; Odhiambo, Henry Emuye and Frank Sabwa, who hold the positions of vice-chair, treasurer and secretary respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Validly nominated candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Isaac Mwangi, John Oimbo, George Adul, Maurice Masiga, Godwin Karuga, Terry Adembesa, Paul Nyamodi and Mike Rabar were the validly nominated Union Director candidates by the close of nominations a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Masiga is a co-opted director and he now seeks confirmation of his position through today&#8217;s elections. Impala nominee Karuga is a senior member of the Kenya Rugby Referees Society.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Harlequins chair Nyamodi, 40, is an ex-Kenya international forward and a credible rugby player and administrator.<\/p>\n<p>Rabar 41, sits on the board of the HomeBoyz Group and is the founder of the newest local rugby club, HomeBoyz RFC, who were unchallenged champions of the first division by winning both the Eric Shirley Shield and Mwamba Cup for 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The close polls will be conducted by Kenya National Sports Council as per tradition.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103291133.html\" title=\"Kenya: Muthee Giving Omwela a Fright in Fight for Union Chairmanship\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Muthee Giving Omwela a Fright in Fight for Union Chairmanship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Charles Ouko 29 March 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Kenya Rugby Union supremo Richard Omwela faces a tough challenge from former Mwamba RFC boss Mwangi Muthee for the position of chairman in Tuesday&#8217;s union elections to be held at the Rugby Football Union of East Africa ground on Ngong Road. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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