NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 26 – The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Electoral Board has primarily set December 7 as the date for the highly anticipated Federation polls, as it unveiled the roadmap towards the elective process.
The board, chaired by University don Hesbon Owilla, has already issued a notice of the General Election as per the roadmap released.
The Board will publish the preliminary list of clubs and delegates qualified for the polls, and will allow a period of disputes and appeals which should be completed by October 7, after which the final, official register will be released by October 10.
The submission of County nomination forms is expected on October 11, with the verification set four days later. The nomination and verification period of National Executive Committee members and presidential aspirants is set for October 18 and 19.
The final list of candidates all the way from County to presidential level will be released on October 21 with the disputes and appeals given a window of six days from October 24-30 after which the final list will be submitted on November 2.
The County elections are tentatively set for November 9, and a repeat the following day in case of ties. November 13-20 is set aside for disputes and appeals.
On November 23, from the results of the County polls, the final list of delegates for the National Executive Committee and the presidential elections will be published.
The five-member board promised that it would deliver free, fair and transparent elections, despite some murmurs over manipulation of the voter register as well as the decision to house the board at Kandanda House.
Presidential aspirant Hussein Mohammed alluded that having the board at Kandanda House will expose them to possible manipulation by the incumbent office.
