Former football administrator Twaha Mbarak wants a complete overhaul of the management of Kenyan football, saying selfish interests had cause serious damage to the game in Kenya.
Mbarak says the Kenyan football family “needs to look itself in the mirror and ask the hard questions” as to why governance of the game has been problematic.
The former Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Vice-President spoke after the Sports Tribunal Thursday issued orders that FKF President Nick Mwendwa remains in office until another president is elected.
“We need to look at ourselves in the mirror, ask ourselves what if we did the right thing grow the game and in the end football will give us back the fruits the game has given to other countries,” Twaha told journalists on Thursday.
“We missed the opportunity in 2004, 2011 and 2016 to put in place fundamental structures of governance, which is now being reflected in 2020,” Mbarak lamented.
“From the administration of Maina Kariuki through to Nick Mwendwa, our football matters have ended up being police cases. Football is not supposed to be like that.
“If we treat football well, nurture it be considerate to the players everyone will in the end go home with something and happy,” Mbarak said.
The former Black Panther midfielder, now a member of Bandari FC’s Board of Trustees, said “all those in the outgoing federation office served under Sam Nyamweya’s regime, some in the Mohamed Hatimy tenure and others date as far back as Maina Kariuki’s era.
