Entities, registered by Sports Registrar Rose Wasike as County Football Associations, now want the Sports Registrar to cancel the interim registration certificate issued to Nick Mwendwa-led Football Kenya Federation for violating the Sports Act 2013.

“We will invoke the provisions of Article 51 (1) of the Sports Act 2013 to petition the Sports Registrar to cancel the interim registration certificate issued to Football Kenya Federation on 24th May 2018 for the reason that the FKF has violated the Act and other applicable laws,” read the statement containing their resolutions after a meeting at a Mombasa hotel.

The warning followed a consultative meeting held in Mombasa where they adopted eight far-reaching resolutions that suggest they are ready to form a national association to challenge the legitimacy of Mwendwa and his team at Kandanda House.

“We the undersigned, being representatives of the Counties listed and having committed ourselves to comply with the requirements of the Sports Act 2013 (amended 2018), its Second Schedule and the Sports Registrar’s Regulations 2016 and all other relevant laws governing sports associations in the Republic of Kenya.”

“We shall endeavor, working with the Sports Registrar, to have all the Counties that have acquired interim registration to fully comply with the applicable laws by registering clubs and holding elections by October 31st, 2021.”

The representatives of 40 counties formed a “Interim National Coordinating Committee comprising nine members, each representing the football regions who will be elected by officials of respective counties making up the regions” and a national secretariat to provide the administrative support to the CFAs in their quest to conduct elections and roll-out football activities in their respective counties.

“The INCC shall coordinate and mobilize the counties and guarantee them of the requisite technical and other support to ensure the smooth conduct of elections and roll-out of football activities.

“The NS shall coordinate communications between the different counties and provide the administrative and other support functions to the counties in furtherance of sound governance of football in the counties to ensure a vibrant football development framework is in place, whilst facilitating and supporting counties to have harmonized standards of running the activities at the counties.”

They have also adopted a national football structure, comprising a five-tier men’s football league structure, a four-tier women’s football league, a two-tier County football structure and a youth structure of three-tiers.

Other resolutions include enjoining themselves as interested parties in all ongoing matters before the Sports Disputes Tribunal and the High Court relating to football leadership in the country, a countrywide training and capacity-building programme for referees and coaches.

“The resolutions adopted herein shall be filed with the Sports Registrar and copied to the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Sports, the Principal Secretary in charge of Sports, the respective parliamentary committees of the Senate and the National Assembly, the Sports Fund, the Honorable Attorney General, Council of Governors, CAF and FIFA.”