This archive report was first published on 15 July 2020.
On June 7, 2017, Herbert Mwachiro, a Football Kenya Federation (FKF) presidential aspirant, spoke to the press in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, during the fourth consultative forum.
Photo by ELIUD KIPSANG
Herbert Mwachiro, a former FKF Deputy General-Secretary, has expressed regret over the continued sidelining of former players in football management.
According to Mwachiro, other countries have given their former players opportunities to serve, yet Kenya has shut the door to hers.
“I strongly believe most of them have something to offer to our game. Other countries have given their former players an opportunity to serve yet we have shut the door to ours,” Mwachiro told Standard Sports.
Mwachiro, who has what it takes to improve the fortunes of footballers, has appealed to the delegates to consider people with the passion to develop the game and the know-how to develop structures to facilitate talent identification and nurture them.
He emphasized that Kenya's failure to tap into the vast economic possibilities in the game is rooted in poor leadership.
“With all these problems emanating from lack of sound leadership, we cannot compete with countries that have effectively addressed the issue of administration of the sport,” he said.
With the mandate of the immediate past office having come to an end on February 10, 2017, eyes are on the world governing body, Fifa and the Kenyan government to provide the way forward for the stalled FKF elections.
