Kitui court lifts orders on FKF County elections

A Kitui court lifted its conservatory orders halting Football Kenya Federation (FKF) county elections that were scheduled to be held on November 9.

This now paves the way for the elections to be held on November 14 in the 39 counties.

Kitui High court judge Justice Limo said he has set aside his own orders as the same matter had been filed in a Milimani court in October.

He accused the petitioner of not coming to court with clean hands by declaring that he had filed a similar matter and had not withdrawn the same.

“There are procedures to withdraw a case in court and the petitioner has not shown that he followed the same,” said the judge.

Lawyers representing FKF told the court that stopping the process would cause a lot of harm to Kenyan football, a position that was supported by the state law office who pointed out that the country risks being banned by world governing body FIFA if the elections are not held.

Reacting to the ruling FKF electoral board confirmed that elections will now proceed on November 14.

“You are therefore required to be at your assigned stations by November 13 to ensure everything is up and ready for election day,” board chairman Hesborn Owilla said in a letter to returning officers.

Kitui Court halts FKF county elections

The ruling will come as a big relief to candidates who had spent a lot of money campaigning for the up-coming elections.

The county elections were to be followed by the national elections on December 7 but this will now be pushed by atleast one week.

Last Thursday the Sports Disputes Tribunal (SDT) suspended elections to be held in Homabay county.

The tribunal also allowed Basil Wakhulungu to contest for the position of chairman in the Taita Taveta county.

Wakhulungu had been locked out by the electoral board on claims that he had been suspended from football activities.

“We uphold his right to contest in the elections as is provided for in the sports act,” said tribunal chairman John Ohaga.

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In Nairobi East County, the tribunal upheld a decision barring Eric Luyayi from contesting for the position of chairman.

Luyayi had moved to the tribunal after he was locked by the electoral board on claims that he was serving suspension for alleged embezzlement of funds.

In his ruling, Ohaga said the tribunal cannot close its eyes to the serious allegations made against Luyayi as it also seeks to uphold good management in sports federations.

Ali Salim Said will now be allowed to contest for the position of chairman in Mombasa County.

He had been locked out over claims that he had not proved his membership to FKF.

But in his ruling, Ohaga said locking out Said was against the Sports A.