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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Newly elected CAF President Patrice Motsepe will tour all the 54 CAF Members Associations in the first 12 months in office.<\/p>\n

CAF\u00a0currently has 56\u00a0member\u00a0associations: 54 full\u00a0members, while Zanzibar and R\u00e9union are associate\u00a0members.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0South African billionaire was on Friday elected the new football boss, unopposed, during the body\u2019s elective congress held Friday,\u00a0in Rabat, Morocco. He will be the seventh person to occupy the position.<\/p>\n

Augustin Senghor, Ahmed Yahya and Jacques Anouma\u00a0all\u00a0withdraw from the race.<\/p>\n

He takes over the overall management of football in Africa from Ahmad Ahmad who was barred from standing over corruption allegations.<\/p>\n

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday shortened Ahmad\u2019s five-year suspension to two years and also reduced his fine to 50,000 Swiss francs (nearly Sh5.4 million)<\/p>\n

Motsepe, who becomes the seventh person to occupy the position, has promised to tour the entire continent in the first of his four-year term, a move that is expected to take Cairo operations closser\u00a0to the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke to some of the FA presidents and one of them said to me that the last time Caf president went to his country was in 2003.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will be visiting every single member country in the first nine to 12 months. It is important to engage with you in your country and to talk about the challenges in your country\u2026to meet with the private sector and the political leaders in every country and talk about how we implement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is going to be a lot of traveling in the first six to 12 months will indeed lay the foundation for the long-term success of African football.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of the changes proposed by the new boss is an increase in the frequency of meetings with member associations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think a meeting once a year with members is efficient\u2026my thinking is that will have to meet at least twice a year with all the FA presidents and talk about what needs to be done and a clear understanding of what needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

“We need to make sure we stabilize the financial\u00a0position of Caf and put it in a\u00a0significant and healthy position and objective indeed is to make sure that our financial position\u2026in the medium to long term, we can look at the reports that give more confidence.<\/p>\n

Motsepe, who will step down as Mamelodi Sundown chairman\u00a0challenged the member associations to ensure that Africa qualifies more teams to the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Football Kenya Federation\u00a0president Nick Mwendwa withdrew from the race for the FIFA Council Member for Anglophone.<\/p>\n

Nigerian FA boss Amaju Pinnick and his Malawian counterpart Walter Nyamilandu to battle for the other slot reserved for English-speaking Africa countries. Motsepe will take the other slot reserved for English speakers at FIFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Newly elected CAF President Patrice Motsepe will tour all the 54 CAF Members Associations in the first 12 months in office. CAF\u00a0currently has 56\u00a0member\u00a0associations: 54 full\u00a0members, while Zanzibar and R\u00e9union are associate\u00a0members. The\u00a0South African billionaire was on Friday elected the new football boss, unopposed, during the body\u2019s elective congress held Friday,\u00a0in Rabat, Morocco. 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