{"id":10150,"date":"2020-06-25T16:57:28","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T16:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=10150"},"modified":"2020-06-25T16:57:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T16:57:28","slug":"clueless-officials-to-blame-for-poor-standards-forum-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/clueless-officials-to-blame-for-poor-standards-forum-says","title":{"rendered":"Clueless officials to blame for poor standards, forum says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Ben Ahenda<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Electing incompetent people to Football Kenya Federation leadership positions is the main impediment in the growth of football in Nakuru County, participants at stakeholders\u2019 forum have said.<\/p>\n<p>The stakeholders decried the region\u2019s failure to produce players good enough to be selected into the National football team, Harambee Stars, which they said was an indicator of the falling standards.<\/p>\n<p>To regain its enviable past status the stakeholders in Nakuru also proposed a raft of measure to help revived their standards.<\/p>\n<p>Former Kenya and Scarlet FC goalkeeper Washington Muhanji said Nakuru lacks leaders committed to developing the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt all starts with effective leadership from the club to the federation level,\u201d Muhanji said.<\/p>\n<p>Muhanji played for Harambee Stars in the eighties alongside the likes of Ambrose \u2018Golden Boy\u2019s Ayoyi, the late Jack Sihul, late Dick Anyanga, the late Sammy Abida, who were all Nakuru boys scouted and trained by the late Sammy Nyongesa.<\/p>\n<p>Muhanji recalled with nostalgia such leaders as the former South Rift branch chairman Haroun Bomet and Secretary Charles Burundi, former Nakuru KFF sub-branch chairman Abbas Parker and Transcom FC chairman David Mathai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were smart and dedicated officials during their time. This is lacking today,\u201d he said while gaining the support of former Kenya Football Federation Central Rift branch Secretary-General Kefa Onditi.<\/p>\n<p>Lack of off-season tournaments like Nakuru Inter Estates Championships for the past six years, which shaped some of the best talents in the nineties is another factor the stakeholders blamed for the dwindling fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInter Estate Championships lost its flare as the moat sort tournament,\u201d said a stakeholder in response to a question by Nakuru Inter Estate Championships founder Michael Oduor who has since relocated to a different destination.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Kamau \u2018Kempes\u2019, a former\u00a0Shabana and Kisumu Posta player attributed the dwindling fortunes to the collapse of companies that used to sponsor and finance teams in different leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Kamau also explained that the growing interest in European leagues could have contributed to the youth from taking part in local football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe poor state of local football has shifted the focus of the youth and coaches to other leagues abroad,\u201d Kamau said.<\/p>\n<p>Kamau added: \u201cElecting incompetent leaders from the grassroots to the national level in Football Kenya Federation elections is the genesis of recurring problems that bedevil our game. We have failed to elect leaders on merit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith effective youthful leadership, sponsors could chip in. That eliminates the culture of not believing in youth football administrators,\u201d said Ken Kesho, a retired footballer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Ben Ahenda AfricaPress-Kenya: Electing incompetent people to Football Kenya Federation leadership positions is the main impediment in the growth of football in Nakuru County, participants at stakeholders\u2019 forum have said. 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