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National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has listed some of the key issues he believes should be prioritised as Hussein Mohammed takes over as the new Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president.

While congratulating Mohammed and his running mate McDonald Mariga for their resounding victory in the just concluded FKF elections, Wetang’ula in a statement shared via his official X account on Sunday, December 8, 2024, urged the duo to make use of their campaign slogan “a Fresh Start”.

He urged Mohammed to start by fixing Kenya’s sinking football.

Wetang’ula has also challenged Mohammed and Mariga to address financial challenges men and female clubs are facing at all levels of Kenya’s leagues, and make the Kenya Premier League (KPL) and Kenya Women Premier League (KWPL) competitive and attractive to sponsors.

Wetang’ula on Harambee Stars

He also wants them to return the country’s lost glory at the national level in football by breathing a new life in the men national team, Harambee Stars.

“Congratulations FKF President-elect  @husseinmoha and your running mate and football legend Macdonald Mariga for your resounding victory. As your campaign slogan stated “a Fresh Start” make it start with a bang. Fix our sinking football.

“Address financial challenges men and female clubs are facing at all levels of our leagues. Make the Kenya Premier League (KPL) and Kenya Women Premier League (KWPL) competitive and attractive to sponsors. Above all return the country’s lost glory at the national level in football by breathing a new life in Harambee Stars. You carry the hope of football enthusiasts…quench their thirst for top flight football. In you football fans believe. Kongole!” Wetang’ula stated.

Congratulations FKF President-elect @husseinmoha and your running mate and football legend Macdonald Mariga for your resounding victory.

As your campaign slogan stated “a Fresh Start” make it start with a bang.

Fix our sinking football. Address financial challenges men and… pic.twitter.com/iLv9rHhZD1

— Rt.Hon.Dr.Moses Wetang’ula (@HonWetangula) December 8, 2024

Hussein Mohammed’s victory

Mohammed was elected as the new Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President following an election exercise that was conducted on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at Kasarani Stadium.

The winner had to be decided in a runoff after no candidate managed to get 50% +1 threshold in the first round.

However, Mohammed managed to win the first round with 42 votes; his closest challenger, Doris Petra, got 31, Barry Otieno garnered 10, while Cleophas Shimanyua and Twaha Mbarak each getting four votes.

Sammy ‘Kempes’ Owino garnered two while Tom Alila got one.

In the decisive second round, Mohammed managed to get 67 votes, which propelled him to the presidency, while Petra and Otieno, who had conceded defeats after the round one results, each got one.